Layoffs drag into third week as PoJo cuts seven; many East Group employees still on tenterhooks

The Poughkeepsie Journal eliminated seven jobs yesterday, three each in the newsroom and advertising, and one in the business office, as the paper became the latest to cut expenses across the U.S. newspaper division.

In a story, the New York paper didn't say how many of the jobs were lost through layoffs or by dropping open positions.

Poughkeepsie is part of the East Group, where layoffs have been slow to be announced during the current round that began July 29.

Corporate has said little about the layoffs beyond a brief statement confirming they were underway. It's unclear why the company has extended this round into a third week, prolonging anxiety for many of the division's 18,000 employees. In previous cases -- including the last big one, 700 jobs in June 2011 -- the company generally moved all at once.

With Poughkeepsie, an estimated 322 jobs are now gone across 51 of about 80 sites, according to Gannett Blog readers and a handful of published reports.

The PoJo's Monday-Saturday circulation is 23,338; Sunday is 31,927. (Circulation look up database.)

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