News round-up: Today's pension freeze coverage

Stories and other links across the Web:

• The Wall Street Journal (paid subscription usually required): Gannett, facing a "difficult business environment," said it would freeze its employee pension plan on Aug. 1, the company announced in a memo Wednesday.
• The Associated Press: The nation's largest newspaper publisher on Wednesday told employees that it is freezing the company pension plan, effective Aug. 1, and replacing it with an enhanced 401(k) program.
• Reuters: Gannett will freeze its employee pension plan and enhance its 401(k) retirement plan as the USA Today publisher tries to save money in a rough business environment.
• Editor & Publisher: Gannett this afternoon announced it is freezing the pensions of company employees, according to a memo on the plan sent today from Gannett CEO Craig Dubow.

I apologize for the long delay in adding my own post yesterday: I'm six hours ahead of the East Coast here on Ibiza, so I was playing catch-up after a late-night cafe stroll.

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