Another major blow for newspapers. GateHouse Media, one of the largest publishers in the United States with 156 daily newspapers and 328 weeklies, slashed jobs across the country Thursday. The official number is unknown, but it appears to be at least several dozen.

Mike Reed, CEO of GateHouse’s parent company, New Media Investment Group, told Poynter media business analyst Rick Edmonds, “We are doing a small restructuring — at least that’s what I would call it — that I’m sure will be misreported. We have 11,000 employees. This involves a couple of hundred.”

Reed said that of the 200 or so, a great majority “are moving from non-reporting to reporting jobs.” In other words, editors and photographers could be asked to switch assignments, although it’s unclear how many will accept their new roles.

Reed said, ultimately, the actual number of news staff being downsized is “more like 10.” But numbers far exceeded 10 when journalists impacted took to social media and reached out to Poynter on Thursday.

The Columbus Dispatch cut six positions, including feature columnist Joe Blundo, who volunteered to cut back to one column a week.