New Orleans
Owner: Advance Publications
Effective: Sept. 30, 2012

The paper will stop printing a daily edition, publishing only Wednesday, Friday and Sunday starting in the fall. More than 200 employees were laid off; employees were notified on June 12, and their last day will be Sept. 30. Those not laid off were offered new jobs. “This is a painful day for many of us at the newspaper,” editor Jim Amoss said June 12 in a statement. “But our goal is to serve our community well into the future. That means moving aggressively into the digital world while maintaining a substantial print presence. We have a well thought-out plan.”
Sources: Times-Picayune; Poynter; Paper Cuts tips

Easton, Md.
Owner: American Consolidated Media
Effective: March 31, 2012

Twenty employees, seven from the newsroom, were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Paper Cuts tip

Walnut Creek, Calif.
Owner: MediaNews Group
Effective: April 26, 2012

Copy editing has been consolidated; 10 to 12 copy editors were laid off. In a staff memo, Executive Editor Dave Butler called the change a cost-saving move that mimics a similar move at the Denver Post. “Our idea, like Denver’s, is to put more responsibility for copy editing on the editor doing the initial story read — especially on routine stories,” he wrote in the memo. “A second or third edit on most stories has become a luxury most newspapers no longer can afford.”

Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Poynter via Paper Cuts tip

Chicago
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: April 23, 2012

In April, Tribune Co. announced it would use Journatic, a Chicago-based “media content provider,” for its hyperlocal news reporting, laying off most of its TribLocal employees. Initial reports said about 40 employees would be laid off. A Tribune spokesman later told Romenesko that was incorrect: “The number you have is a little off. At the end of the day, about half of the people covering hyperlocal news will lose their jobs (20 or so), and not all of them are reporters — some reporters are actually being reassigned at Chicago Tribune.”

In June, a story by This American Life revealed Journatic was using fake bylines on stories. Officials at the Chicago Tribune announced in July that they would suspend its use of Journatic.

Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: Romenesko; Chicago Tribune; Romenesko

Chicago
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: March 15, 2012

“About 15″ newsroom employees were laid off, according to a story on the Tribune’s website. The story says most of those laid off were editors and managers. Spokesman Gary Weitman declined to comment on the layoffs: “The Chicago Tribune does not publicly discuss internal personnel matters. Like most companies, the Tribune make decisions about staff skills and composition based on customer needs and business conditions.”
Source: Chicago Tribune via Paper Cuts tip

Hartford, Conn.
Owner: Tribune Co.
Announced: May 11, 2012

Nine newsroom employees accepted a buyout offer. Buyouts also were offered to finance, advertising, circulation and press employees. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com.
Source: CJR via Paper Cuts tip

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

The same day it was announced that Lee Enterprises Chief Executive Officer Mary Junck was given a $500,000 bonus for leading the company through bankruptcy, at least one Montana Standard employee was 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.

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.

Glens Falls, N.Y.
Owner: Lee Enterprises
Effective: March 28, 2012

The day after it was announced that Lee Enterprises Chief Executive Officer Mary Junck was given a $500,000 bonus for leading the company through bankruptcy, seven Post-Star newsroom employees were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: Musings of a (Fairly) Young Contrarian via Paper Cuts tip; The Burgh via Paper Cuts tip

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

Conway, Ark.
Owner: Morris Communications Inc.
Effective: April 13, 2012

Printing was outsourced to the Courier in Russellville, Ark., which is about 45 miles from Conway. “About 10″ employees were laid off; editor and publisher Rick Fahr said some employees would be hired in other areas. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: Arkansas Online; News & Tech