Kalamazoo, Mich.
Owner: Advance Publications
Effective: Jan. 2, 2012

Starting Feb. 2, two new companies, MLive Media Group and Advance Central Services Michigan, will take over operations of mlive.com, annarbor.com and the eight Booth newspapers. The Grand Rapids Press, The Muskegon Chronicle, The Kalamazoo Gazette and The Jackson Citizen Patriot will continue to publish seven days a week, but after Feb. 2 will only be delivered on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The Flint Journal will keep its Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday delivery schedule. The Bay City Times and Saginaw News will add Tuesday delivery starting Dec. 13, and will continue Thursday, Friday and Sunday delivery. The annarbor.com print edition will continue to be delivered on Thursdays and Sundays. Dan Gaydou, publisher of Booth Newspapers and The Grand Rapids Press, said an “undetermined” number of Booth employees would be laid off; laid off employees can apply for positions in the new companies.
Sources: mlive.com; Paper Cuts tips

Update: The marketing department for the Muskegon Chronicle, Grand Rapids Press and Kalamazoo Gazette was eliminated; it was based in Kalamazoo. At least nine employees were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous. (11.11.11)
Source: Paper Cuts tip

Update: According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter, 77 employees will be laid off. Layoffs will hit all departments. (11.19.11)
Sources: WOOD TV; WNEM; Paper Cuts tips

Flint, Mich.
Owner: Advance Publications
Effective: Jan. 2, 2012

Starting Feb. 2, two new companies, MLive Media Group and Advance Central Services Michigan, will take over operations of mlive.com, annarbor.com and the eight Booth newspapers. The Grand Rapids Press, The Muskegon Chronicle, The Kalamazoo Gazette and The Jackson Citizen Patriot will continue to publish seven days a week, but after Feb. 2 will only be delivered on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The Flint Journal will keep its Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday delivery schedule. The Bay City Times and Saginaw News will add Tuesday delivery starting Dec. 13, and will continue Thursday, Friday and Sunday delivery. The annarbor.com print edition will continue to be delivered on Thursdays and Sundays. Dan Gaydou, publisher of Booth Newspapers and The Grand Rapids Press, said an “undetermined” number of Booth employees would be laid off; laid off employees can apply for positions in the new companies.
Sources: mlive.com; Paper Cuts tips

Update: According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter, 91 employees will be laid off. Layoffs will hit all departments. (11.19.11)
Sources: WNEM; Paper Cuts tips

Salt Lake City, Utah
Owner: Deseret News Publishing Co., which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Effective: Aug. 31, 2010

The News cut nearly half of its newsroom staff: 57 full-time and 28 part-time employees were laid off. According to a story on the paper’s website, operations will be consolidated with a local TV and radio station. The paper’s editor and publisher also are leaving; they were not part of the layoffs.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune via @lcarricaburu

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: Feb. 2, 2010

The paper’s Orange County printing plant will close; 80 pressmen will be laid off. To accommodate earlier deadlines, the paper will add LATExtra, a late-breaking news section, Monday through Saturday. The Times also will shrink to a 44-inch web width (from the current 48-inch width).
Source: Los Angeles Times via Paper Cuts tip

Update: In the comments, Ed Padgett clarified where those layoffs will be made: 39 press operators and 41 employees from related departments (mailers, machinists, plate makers, etc.) will be laid off when the plant closes. (01.09.10)

New York
Owner: The Associated Press is a co-op owned by contributing newspapers, TV and radio stations.
Announced: Nov. 12, 2009
Effective: Nov. 19, 2009

At a company-wide forum, CEO Tom Curley said there will be more layoffs.
71 90 union employees were laid off.
Sources: Business Insider; News Media Guild; Editor & Publisher

Claremont, N.H.
Owner: Harvey Hill
Effective: July 9, 2009

The paper has closed. 66 full-time and 29 part-time employees were laid off.
Source: Rutland Herald via Paper Cuts tip

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Tampa, Fla.
Owner: Media General Inc.
Effective: May 27, 2009

15 employees have been laid off so far; more layoffs are expected.
17 full-time Tampa Tribune newsroom employees were laid off, and 60 non-newsroom Florida Communications Group employees were laid off.
Sources: Tampa Tribune; Paper Cuts tip

* Updated May 27, 2009, with additional layoffs and details.

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Pensacola, Fla.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: June 2, 2009

Printing will be outsourced to the Press-Register in Mobile. 84 full- and part-time employees will be laid off.
Source: Pensacola News Journal

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Charlotte, N.C.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Effective: March 23, 2009

60 full-time and 22 part-time employees, including 19 full-time and 11 part-time newsroom employees, were laid off. Some full-time positions were also cut to part-time.
Source: Charlotte Observer via @romustgo

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Flint, Mich.
Owner: Advance Publications
Announced: March 10, 2009; has not been officially announced by the paper March 23, 2009
Effective: June 4, 2009

Free From Editors reports employees the Flint Journal, Bay City Times and Saginaw News will lay off employees, cut the number publication days three and consolidate copy desks. The daily paper will cut its publication days to Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Printing also will be outsourced. 35 percent of the work force will be laid off at The Flint Journal, The Saginaw News and The Bay City Times. 82 employees will be laid off.
Sources: The Flint Journal; The Flint Journal; Free From Editors via Paper Cuts tip

* Updated March 26, 2009, with the official announcement from the newspaper.
** Updated March 27, 2009, with the number of employees to be laid off.

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