Gannett Offers Buyouts to Arizona Republic’s Top “Click Bait Columnists” and Seasoned Reporter
On the heels of Gannett Co. Inc.’s sudden July 25th announcement that the Arizona Republic will no longer be printed in Arizona, some of the outlets top reporters and columnists are being “bought out,” including Mary Jo Pitzl, Laurie Roberts, EJ Montini, Elvia Diaz, and Phil Boas.
The buyouts follow a flurry of closures that wiped out five rural newspapers in Arizona owned by News Media Corp.
The buyouts were revealed by Hank Stephenson, co-founder of the Arizona Agenda.
In his reporting released on Wednesday titled “Bloodbath at the Republic,” Stephenson wrote in part: