Quote of the Day: 31 August 2009

Virgil Smith, vice president/talent management for US newspaper chain Gannett, on the numbers behind the jobs crisis (he's talking about the situation in America, but divide by five and we could be talking about any major UK publisher...)

'We have more than 5,000 journalists working for Gannett, and as of last night, there were 27 job openings. The good news is, two months ago, that number was six. However, three to four years ago, it was 400-500 on any given day.'