Keith J. Kelly

Keith J. Kelly

Media

North Jersey Media staffers jittery under new owner Gannett

When Gannett officially confirmed in July that the USA Today publisher was taking over the North Jersey Media Group — including the state’s No. 2 paper, The Record — Garden State employees were told that they were all officially part of the Gannett family.

Gannett paid the Borg family, which owned NJMG since 1930, an estimated $40 million for the 121-year-old paper and sister titles and related websites.

But some employees learned this week that Gannett family life can be tough: Some jobs would only be temporary.

Copy editors, designers and production people were summoned to an all-hands meeting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday and told that they would all have to apply for new jobs, as those departments were going to be consolidated at the offices of a sister publication miles away.

They will learn on Oct. 15 if they have jobs. No word on how many will be getting pink slips.