Gannett’s Wisconsin Newspapers Will Be Printed in Illinois

From a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by Joe Taschler headlined “Gannett to close West Milwaukee printing plant. The Journal Sentinel and 10 other Wisconsin papers will be printed in Peoria.”:

Newspaper publisher Gannett said that it plans to move the printing of its 11 Wisconsin newspapers, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, to one of its printing plants in central Illinois, a move that fits with the company’s strategy of becoming a digital news organization.

As consumers steadily shift to receiving news via smartphones, tablets and laptop computers, newspaper companies around the world find themselves with too much printing capacity….