The Detroit Free Press top editor Peter Bhatia will step down from his post on Jan. 18. He’s leaving in hopes that the newspaper’s owner, Gannett, will use financial savings from his departure to reduce the number of layoffs at the Free Press that are set to occur this month.
Bhatia is also a regional editor at the USA Today Network for approximately 30 properties in Ohio and Michigan.
Bhatia who joined the Free Press in 2017 said:
“We’re in a difficult period economically. The company is going through a layoff process and I essentially made the decision to lay myself off in the interest of saving other jobs.
“I do have other opportunities that will probably come to work out at some point but if by getting my salary out of the budget it saves some jobs of people on the staff, I think that’s the right thing for the Free Press.”
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