Rockford, Ill.
Owner: GateHouse Media Inc.
Date: March 26, 2008
Updated: Aug. 18, 2008
17 employees accepted buyout offers.
Source: Chicago Tribune; Rockford Register employee; Rockford Register Star
Rockford Register Star: 17 *
Southbridge Evening News: 9
Southbridge, Mass.
Owner: Stonebridge Press Newspapers
Date: March 17, 2008
Five editorial employees and four part-time sales assistants were laid off from the Spencer News Leader, the Sturbridge Villager and the Southbridge Evening News.
Source: Worcester Business Journal
New Haven Register: 5
New Haven, Conn.
Owner: Journal Register Co.
Date: March 11, 2008
Five positions were cut, including the paper’s longtime capitol reporter.
Source: Hartford Courant
Sacramento Bee: 28
Sacramento, Calif.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Date: March 11, 2008
Buyouts are being offered to finance, human resources, production and circulation employees. The paper wants to eliminate 28 jobs.
Source: Editor & Publisher
Star-Telegram: 26
Fort Worth, Texas
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Date: March 11, 2008
The paper is outsourcing part of its ad production department, resulting in a loss of about 26 jobs.
Source: Editor & Publisher
Portland Press Herald: 27
Portland, Maine
Owner: The Seattle Times Co.
Date: March 12, 2008
The Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram cut 27 positions, including 15 layoffs.
Source: MaineToday.com
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 31
St. Louis
Owner: Lee Enterprises
Date: March 12, 2008
Thirty-one people will be laid off in circulation, classified phone rooms, production, purchasing, telephone operations and marketing.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Duluth News Tribune: 12 *
Duluth, Minn.
Owner: Forum Communications
Date: March 7, 2008
Updated: Sept. 19, 2008
12 employees were laid off.
Source: Duluth News Tribune
Lexington Herald-Leader: 3
Lexington, Ky.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Date: March 7, 2008
The paper is outsourcing all advertising design. It is not clear how many people will be effected.
Source: Editor & Publisher
The Star-Ledger: Unknown
Newark, N.J.
Owner: Advance Publications
Date: March 4, 2008
Two printing plants will be consolidated, which managers say may cause the loss of some union jobs.
Source: Editor & Publisher
