Visalia, Calif.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: May 4, 2012

Accounting and advertising layout jobs are being outsourced. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Paper Cuts tip

Howell, Mich.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: July 1, 2012

Printing was outsourced to Ann Arbor Offset. Gannett Blog reports 30 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

Springfield, Va.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: Feb. 7, 2012

Gannett Blog reports four employees were laid off: A copy desk chief, two graphic artists and a photo artist. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Gannett Blog

Montgomery, Ala.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: Jan. 20, 2012

Gannett Blog reports two 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

Mobile, Ala.
Owner: Advance Publications
Effective: Sept. 30, 2012

The paper will stop printing a daily edition, publishing only Wednesday, Friday and Sunday starting in the fall. An unknown number of employees were laid off — they were notified on June 12, and their last day will be Sept. 30. Those not laid off were offered new jobs. The Times-Picayune, Huntsville Times and Birmingham News are making similar production and staffing changes.

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Source: Local 115

Huntsville, Ala.
Owner: Advance Publications
Effective: Sept. 30, 2012

The paper will stop printing a daily edition, publishing only Wednesday, Friday and Sunday starting in the fall. “Several dozen” employees were laid off. Employees were notified on June 12; their last day will be Sept. 30. Those not laid off were offered new jobs. The Times-Picayune, Birmingham News and (Mobile) Press-Register are making similar production and staffing changes.

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Source: WHNT

Birmingham, Ala.
Owner: Advance Publications
Effective: Sept. 30, 2012

The paper will stop printing a daily edition, publishing only Wednesday, Friday and Sunday starting in the fall. “About 107″ employees were laid off. Employees were notified on June 12; their last day will be Sept. 30. Those not laid off were offered new jobs. The Times-Picayune, Huntsville Times and (Mobile) Press-Register are making similar production and staffing changes.
Source: Media of Birmingham

New Orleans
Owner: Advance Publications
Effective: Sept. 30, 2012

The paper will stop printing a daily edition, publishing only Wednesday, Friday and Sunday starting in the fall. More than 200 employees were laid off; employees were notified on June 12, and their last day will be Sept. 30. Those not laid off were offered new jobs. “This is a painful day for many of us at the newspaper,” editor Jim Amoss said June 12 in a statement. “But our goal is to serve our community well into the future. That means moving aggressively into the digital world while maintaining a substantial print presence. We have a well thought-out plan.”
Sources: Times-Picayune; Poynter; Paper Cuts tips

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

Walnut Creek, Calif.
Owner: MediaNews Group
Effective: April 26, 2012

Copy editing has been consolidated; 10 to 12 copy editors were laid off. In a staff memo, Executive Editor Dave Butler called the change a cost-saving move that mimics a similar move at the Denver Post. “Our idea, like Denver’s, is to put more responsibility for copy editing on the editor doing the initial story read — especially on routine stories,” he wrote in the memo. “A second or third edit on most stories has become a luxury most newspapers no longer can afford.”

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Source: Poynter via Paper Cuts tip