Helena, Mont.
Owner: Lee Enterprises
Date: March 27, 2012

The day it was announced that Lee Enterprises Chief Executive Officer Mary Junck was given a $500,000 bonus for leading the company through bankruptcy, five Independent Record employees were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: Jim Romenesko; KXLF

Full disclosure: I previously work at The Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, both owned by Lee Enterprises.