Gannett Relocates Fond du Lac 'Reporter' Operations

By: E&P Staff The Reporter, Gannett's 13,207-circulation evening daily in Fond du Lac, Wis., announced today that it will close its downtown offices in September and relocate all non-production work, along with all Gannett-owned Action publications, to the Action Printing facility elsewhere in the city.

"We'll be able to run the operations of The Reporter and Action more efficiently at one location," Executive Editor and General Manager Richard Roesgen said. Service to readers and advertisers "will be only that much better," he added.

At the same time, printing and packaging will move to the Gannett Wisconsin Media Production Facility in Appleton. Most of Gannett's 10 Wisconsin dailies "have been printed outside the newspapers' hometowns for many years now," Roesgen said.

The production consolidation will cost about 45 jobs, although those affected were able to apply for positions in the company, according to the Reporter.