Raleigh, N.C.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Announced: Feb. 5, 2009
The company announced it will cut its operating expenses. An unknown number of layoffs will be part of the plan.
78 employees will be laid off at the News & Observer, The Cary News and The Herald. Remaining employees must take a week off unpaid, and salaries will be cut.
Sources: News & Observer via Paper Cuts tip; News & Observer
* Updated March 16, 2009, with an additional source and layoff information.
Baltimore
Owner: Clarity Media Group
Effective: Feb. 15, 2009
The paper will close Feb. 15. The paper’s 90 employees will be laid off.
Source: Baltimore Business Journal via Paper Cuts tip
Albuquerque, N.M.
Owner: Journal Publishing Co.
Effective: Jan. 7, 2009
80 employees were laid off, including 7 newsroom employees and 3 photo correction employees. were laid off. Circulation advertising and production employees were also laid off.
Sources: Paper Cuts tip; Santa Fe New Mexican via Paper Cuts tip
* Updated March 15, 2009, with the number of employees laid off.
Phoenix
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Date: Dec. 3, 2008
29 employees accepted buyout offers; 68 people were laid off.
Source: East Valley Tribune
Raleigh, N.C.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Announced: Nov. 14, 2008
Effective: Jan. 17, 2009
Delivery will be outsourced in January. 17 full-time and 58 part-time employees will be laid off.
Source: Editor & Publisher
Detroit
Owner: The Detroit Free Press, owned by Gannett Co. Inc., and the Detroit News, owned by MediaNews Group, operate under a limited partnership
Date: June 24, 2008
Updated: Nov. 3, 2008
115 employees accepted buyouts: 11 at the News, 17 at the Free Press and the rest from joint operations.
Source: Detroit Free Press
Miami
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Date: Sept. 16, 2008
80 full- and part-time jobs will be cut through buyouts and layoffs. Another 39 open positions will be eliminated.
Source: Miami Herald via Paper Cuts tip
Sacramento, Calif.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Date: Aug. 25, 2008
Updated: Sept. 10, 2008
87 employees accepted buyout offers, including 23 from the newsroom.
Source: Sacramento Bee via McClatchy Watch; Sacramento Bee
Houston
Owner: Hearst Corp.
Date: Sept. 4, 2008
Buyouts have been offered; the paper hopes to cut 80 positions.
Source: Houston Chronicle via Fading to Black
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