Cincinnati
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: “Fourth quarter” 2012

Gannett announced it has signed a letter of intent to outsource printing of The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Kentucky Enquirer to The Columbus Dispatch. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Gannett Blog

The Enquirer reported 200 employees will be laid off when printing is outsourced. “We regret the loss of local positions, and worked hard to retain these jobs within Ohio,” Enquirer Media president and publisher Margaret Buchanan said. “Unfortunately, it was necessary to allow us to produce a better product more efficiently, and ultimately better serve the community.” (02.12.12)
Source: Media Bistro via Paper Cuts tip

Cincinnati
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: June 21, 2011

As part of 700 cuts across Gannett, a tip to Gannett Blog reports 15 newsroom employees were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Gannett Blog

Update: Gannett Blog now reports 16 employees were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous. (08.01.11)
Source: Gannett Blog

Cincinnati
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: Feb. 18, 2011

Twenty employees were laid off, including six newsroom managerial and administrative positions. Mark Woodruff, vice president of market development for Enquirer Media, told the Business Courier that layoffs outside the newsroom were “primarily support roles.”
Sources: Business Courier and Paper Cuts tip

Cincinnati
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: Nov. 3, 2010

Seven employees were laid off. Gannett Blog reports that publisher Margaret Buchanan blamed a drop in retail advertising. Do you know additional details? Leave a comment or e-mail me at newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com.
Source: Gannett Blog

Cincinnati
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: March 1, 2010

“Approximately 15 positions” will be cut when advertising production work is outsourced to and consolidated at new production centers in Des Moines, Iowa, and Indianapolis. Thirty-six current employees were told they could apply for the new positions; employees were to be notified of their job status on Feb. 15.
Sources: Gannett Blog

Cincinnati
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: July 9, 2009

In a memo, Publisher Margaret Buchanan said up to 100 employees will be laid off.
In a blog post, publisher Margaret Buchanan said 101 employees were laid off.
Sources: The Cincinnati Enquirer; City Beat

* Updated July 11, 2009, with layoffs.

Cincinnati
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Date: Dec. 3, 2008
Updated: Dec. 10, 2008

33 people were laid off, 13 in the newsroom.
Source: Gannett Blog

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Cincinnati
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Date: Sept. 9, 2008

2 managers were laid off. (Gannett is cutting 100 management positions companywide.)
Source: Gannett Blog

Cincinnati
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Date: Aug. 4, 2008
Updated: Sept. 3, 2008

60 buyouts were accepted — 10 more than the paper had originally targeted.
Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer via Gannett Blog; Editor & Publisher

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