America’s largest newspaper chain to stop publishing demographic and diversity data about its workforce
America’s largest newspaper chain, Gannett, will no longer publish demographic and diversity data about its workforce, and has revamped its corporate site to remove mentions of diversity, reports Nieman Lab.
The announcement was made in a company town hall meeting on Wednesday afternoon. A spokesperson told Nieman Lab’s Hanaa’ Tameez that the company is “adapting to the evolving regulatory environment,” and, in a follow-up email, when Tameez asked for clarification, Tameez was referred to Trump’s January 22 executive order eliminating DEI initiatives in federal agencies and calling for an end to “private sector DEI discrimination.”
The Nieman Lab post stated that Gannett did not specify whether the Trump administration had contacted anyone at the company, or asked them to make changes. Major U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, and Meta have also rolled back DEI initiatives this year.
Gannett owns USA Today and more than 200 local newspapers and is based in NYC but, until 2024, was headquartered in Tysons Corner, VA.
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