Gannett’s Greed — By the Numbers
-36%
Cuts to the size of the news staff at The Indianapolis Star in the past two years. That’s one-third fewer reporters, photographers, copy editors and other newspaper union employees. That’s one-third less ability to bring you the news.
+107%
Pay increase, during that same time, for Craig Dubow, CEO of The Star’s parent company, Gannett.
$33 million
Pay cuts that Gannett employees, including those at The Star, have taken the past two years through unpaid furloughs.
$28 million
Pay that SIX Gannett executives received during the same two years.
94
Newspapers around the country with better minimum pay than The Star. Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Milwaukee all pay more. So do the papers in cities such as Duluth, Kenosha, Yakima and Scranton. See the full list.
