Springfield, Ill.
Owner: GateHouse Media Inc.
Effective: March 1, 2011

Printing was outsourced to the Journal Star in Peoria, Ill.; 58 employees were laid off.
Source: The State Journal-Register via Paper Cuts tip

Update: Thirty full-time and 28 part-time pressroom and mailroom employees were laid off. “The technology in Peoria is newer, much faster and more efficient,” Publisher Walt T. Lafferty said in a State Journal-Register article. “We can print 20,000 copies an hour here. They can do 60,000 an hour there.” Although the equipment may be faster, news deadlines were moved 30 minutes earlier; more time is needed to get the papers from Peoria to distribution points in Springfield. (06.24.11)
Source: The State Journal-Register via Paper Cuts tip

Indianapolis
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: Feb. 2, 2011

“About 7″ operations managers were laid off. The paper has not made a formal announcement of the layoffs. Do you know additional details? Leave a comment or email me at newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com.
Source: Paper Cuts tip

Update: Gannett Blog reports 18 employees were laid off. Do you know any details? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous. (06.26.11)
Source: Gannett Blog

Louisville, Ky.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: Feb. 18, 2011

11 employees were laid off in advertising, circulation, finance and production. “The economy remains fragile, and it’s necessary for us to continue implementing efficiencies that make good business sense — and that’s what this is all about,” said Publisher Arnold Garson.
Source: Layoff Tracker

Portage, Wis.
Owner: Capital Newspapers, a partnership between Lee Enterprises and The Capital Times Co.
Date: “Late April or early May” 2011

Printing and packaging at the Capital Newspapers’ plant in Portage will be outsourced to the company’s plant in Madison, Wis. The Portage plant printed the Portage Daily Register, the Baraboo News Republic, the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen and five weekly newspapers. Seventeen full-time and 17 part-time employees were laid off.
Sources: Wisconsin State Journal

Charlotte, N.C.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Effective: Jan. 31, 2011

Twenty employees were laid off, including five in the newsroom. Remaining salaried employees must take a weeklong unpaid furlough. In a meeting with employees, Publisher Ann Caulkins said the company was “living quarter by quarter with our budgets.” In its story about the layoffs, the Observer reports the company has laid off “about 530″ full-time employees (150 from the newsroom) in “the last few years.”
Source: Charlotte Observer via Paper Cuts tips

Sacramento, Calif.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Effective: Jan. 31, 2011

Thirty-two employees were laid off, including nine newsroom employees. Two full-time positions also were reduced to part-time. The Bee said this round of layoffs brings its three-year total to about 360 jobs; the paper has had six rounds of job cuts in that time.
Source: Sacramento Business Journal

Fort Worth, Texas
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Effective: Feb. 9, 2011

Twenty-two employees were laid off. “Although we’ve seen improvements in revenue, we’re still facing recessionary challenges,” said Publisher Gary Wortel, echoing statements made at other McClatchy papers. “With an economic recovery that is slower than expected, we need to take additional steps to reduce costs.”
Sources: Star-Telegram and Dallas Observer

Worcester, Mass.
Owner: The New York Times Co.
Effective: April 2011

Home delivery was outsourced to Publishers Circulation Fulfillment Inc. of Maryland. Seventeen full-time and 18 part-time employees were laid off. In a memo emailed to employees, Publisher Bruce Gaultney said the decision to outsource delivery was made based on cost savings,
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Paper Cuts tip

Kansas City, Mo.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Announced: Jan. 31, 2011

Twenty employees were laid off; another 20 open positions were eliminated.
Source: Paper Cuts tip and The Kansas City Star

St. Louis, Mo.
Owner: Dan Rositano
Effective: Jan. 24, 2011

The 13-month-old online newspaper has closed. The original St. Louis Globe-Democrat closed in 1986. In May 2010, three news reporters were laid off. In July 2010, the six members of the sports department, including the editor, resigned, saying they had not been paid.
Source: Riverfront Times