Thursday, May 13, 2010

Honolulu | Nearly 300 GCI employees to lose jobs

That's the latest estimate by new Honolulu Advertiser owner Oahu Publications, which is consolidating the state's two largest daily newspapers into the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The combined enterprise is expected to employ between 450 and 500 workers once the papers are merged next month, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin says today.

Oahu Publications Dennis Francis said yesterday that the company should retain about two-thirds of the Star-Bulletin's 300 workers and about half of the former Gannett staff of 580 at the Advertiser.

Gannett completed the Advertiser's sale on May 3.

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