Six hundred workers will lose their jobs when owner Gannett Co. sells the The Honolulu Advertiser newspaper and related assets to Oahu Publications Inc., owner of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Gannett is the parent company of the Arizona Republic. The Honolulu Advertiser was founded in 1856. Gannett purchased the paper in 1993.
The majority owner of the Star-Bulletin, David Black, has put his newspaper up for sale. However, he has said if a buyer isn’t found, the two newspapers will merge and layoffs will occur, according to an AP report in Editor & Publisher.
It is not known how many Advertiser employees would be rehired under a merged operation.
The Honolulu Advertiser reported the sale on February 25.
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