It’s newspaper may be laying off employees all over the country, but Gannett Co., parent company of The Des Moines Register and the Iowa City Press-Citizen, is still trying to expand.

The company, which owns 85 daily and 900 non-daily newspapers, as well as 23 television stations, announced that it has purchased another 10 percent stake in CareerBuilder.com from Tribune Co., making it the majority owner of what it says is the nation’s largest online job site with a 50.8 percent controlling interest.

“We are committed to CareerBuilder and want the team there to continue to do what they do best: grow the company, bring in revenues and deliver the best customer service in the jobs space. We don’t expect any major changes,” said [Craig Dubow, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Gannett Co.].

Last month Gannett announced plans to eliminate 1,000 newspaper jobs, including 26 at The Register and four at the Press-Citizen.