Shelton, Wash.
Owner: Shelton-Mason County Journal Inc.
Effective: March 2012

A reporter and a graphic designer 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

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

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

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.

Athens, Ga.
Owner: Morris Communications Inc.
Effective: March 12, 2012

Printing was outsourced to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: News & Tech; Topeka Capital-Journal

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: March 20, 2012

“As many as 20″ employees were laid off, LA Observed reported. The Wrap confirmed that 12 to 20 employees were laid off, but The Times would not confirm a specific number. LA Observed also reported that the layoffs “included is half of the newsroom’s African American copy editors.” Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: LA Observed via Paper Cuts tips; The Wrap via Paper Cuts tip

Bar Harbor, Maine; Augusta, Maine; Rockland, Maine; Belfast, Maine
Owner: Village NetMedia
Effective: March 9, 2012

Village NetMedia has closed the weekly papers; 56 employees were laid off. “The profound changes in the newspaper publishing business, a weak economy and our investment in new products created severe financial challenges,” owner Richard Anderson said in a statement. “Over the recent months, I have worked with outside professionals to achieve financial restructuring that would allow us to continue. These efforts failed as of 3 p.m. today, March 9, 2012. We can no longer sustain our operations.” Employees were notified by email on March 9.
Sources: Bangor Daily News and Paper Cuts tip

Atlanta
Owner: Creative Loafing Inc.
Effective: March 14, 2012

Four employees were laid off, and salaries of the remaining employees were cut 5 percent companywide. A memo from Creative Loafing group publisher Alison Draper said the cuts were “a necessary action to put each of our properties on solid financial footing, allowing us to protect our organization against uncertainty — and therefore continue the important work we do.”
Source: Creative Loafing Atlanta