Orlando, Fla.
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: February 2012

The visuals editor was laid off. Do you know of additional layoffs? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Charles Apple

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: June 1, 2012

Six pressmen 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

St. Augustine, Fla.
Owner: Morris Communications Inc.
Effective: Aug. 1, 2009

Printing was outsourced to the Florida Times-Union. At the time, Publisher Derek May said jobs would be lost, but did not say how many. “This will create a few jobs, and there are a few people the Times-Union is going to need,” May said in a story on the Record’s website. “There will be a net job reduction, but because of various factors I can’t say exactly how many. Decisions to eliminate jobs are extremely difficult to make.” Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: St. Augustine Record; Topeka Capital-Journal

Stuart, Fla.; Vero Beach, Fla.; Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Owner: E.W. Scripps Co.
Effective: Dec. 6, 2011

About 20 employees were laid off from the Treasure Coast papers. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Paper Cuts tip

Tampa, Fla.
Owner: Media General Inc.
Effective: Dec. 12, 2011

Sixteen percent of the workforce at the Tribune and its community and weekly publications were laid off. The 165 layoffs did not affect the Tribune’s TV partner, News Channel 8. “Going forward, we will still have more than 300 content generators across multiple media platforms in the Tampa market,” said John Schauss, Media General vice president of market operations, in a story on the Tribune’s website. “Every one of our platforms has content producers who benefit Tampa Tribune readers. We will maintain and over time enhance the quality of our newspapers.”
Source: Tampa Tribune via Paper Cuts tip

New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Owner: Coronado Beach Publishing LLC
Effective: Nov. 11, 2011

The weekly paper has closed. “The economy is so, so bad, and the economy is not going to get better fast enough for us to continue,” sales and marketing director Robert Lott said. Lott’s wife Michele is the registered owner of Coronado Beach Publishing. He said he would like to resume publication, “but I don’t think it is possible.” The paper’s staff was laid off in August. Do you know how many employees the paper had? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: The Daytona Beach News-Journal

Orlando, Fla.
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: Nov. 17, 2011

Twelve full-time and four part-time employees were laid off, most from the design and copy desks. Tribune Co. has been consolidating its design and copy desks this year. Layoffs also included at least one columnist, reporters and news clerks. Several open positions also were eliminated.

There are rumors of additional layoffs in January. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: Paper Cuts tips; MediaWire

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: Nov. 10, 2011

Three assistant city editors and one assistant business editor were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: Paper Cuts tips

Tampa, Fla.
Owner: Media General Inc.
Effective: Nov. 2, 2011

The publisher and vice president of marketing were laid off. A memo emailed to staff members warned there will be more layoffs.
Source: St. Petersburg Times via Paper Cuts tip

High Springs, Fla.
Owner: Ronald Dupont Jr.
Effective: Oct. 27, 2011

The weekly paper has closed; it had three employees. “We need $120,000 to survive until December of 2012,” editor and publisher Ronald Dupont Jr. wrote in the paper’s last edition. “If we could survive to then, we would have published through the very profitable months of election advertising. Even better, maybe the economy will have started changing by then and we would be back on our feet. That is my hope.” Dupont told The Gainesville Sun he expects to lose his home, which was tied to his purchase of the Herald in 2009.
Source: The North Florida Herald via Paper Cuts tip; The Gainesville Sun