New Haven, Conn.
Owner: Journal Register Co.
Date: February 2012

Printing was outsourced to the Hartford Courant; 105 pressroom and mailroom employees were laid off. When asked if additional layoffs were anticipated, Publisher Tom Wiley said “no.”
Sources: New Haven Register via Paper Cuts tip

Laramie, Wyo.
Owner: Wyoming Newspaper Group
Effective: April 9, 2012

Three employees were laid off. Hours have been cut for some of the remaining employees. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Paper Cuts tip

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

Holland, Mich.
Owner: GateHouse Media Inc.
Effective: June 2012

GateHouse is consolidating copy editing; two full-time and one part-time copy editors were laid off.
Source: Paper Cuts tip

Kewanee, Ill.
Owner: GateHouse Media Inc.
Effective: June 1, 2012

All four employees in the advertising creation department 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

Anchorage
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Effective: May 11, 2011

At least two employees — a photo editor and the outdoor editor — were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Alaska Dispatch

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

Salt Lake City, Utah
Owner: MediaNews Group
Effective: May 9, 2012

Five copy editors and four other newsroom employees were laid off. In a story on the paper’s website, Editor Nancy Conway said the “convergence of social, economic and business forces made it necessary to reduce the size of the newsroom.”
Sources: Paper Cuts tips; Salt Lake Tribune via Paper Cuts tip

Lenoir, N.C.
Owner: Paxton Media Group,
Effective: April 2012

A designer was laid off when the work was outsourced. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Paper Cuts tip

Visalia, Calif.
Owner: Independent
Effective: January 2012

The 30-year-old weekly paper has closed. A note on the paper’s website blamed “decreasing advertising revenues, adversarial lawsuits directed at the paper by the Gannett Corp. … and an overall sour economy.” “The newspaper’s editorial and advertising staffs as well as the community-based owners of the Voice have been fighting for months to keep the paper alive and are still actively pursuing a solution that will allow the paper to survive,” said Editor and Publisher George Lurie. Lurie did not say how many employees the paper had. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Valley Voice; Paper Cuts tip