Port Huron, Mich.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: Sept. 6, 2011

Printing and mailroom operations will be outsourced to Lansing, Mich. Twenty-six full-time and 27 part-time employees wil be laid off. “This was a very, very difficult decision, and I am deeply saddened to lose these dedicated employees,” said Lorinda Driscoll, the paper’s general manager and director of advertising, in a story on the Times Herald website. “”What is happening today in Port Huron is happening throughout the industry. The loss of the press and local jobs is significant … but coupled with tough economic times, it is nearly impossible to hold on to all the physical elements that make up the Times Herald.” Lansing is about 120 miles from Port Huron.
Source: Times Herald

Pittsburgh
Owner: Block Communications Inc.
Date: Sept. 24, 2008
Updated: Oct. 22, 2008
Updated: Dec. 15, 2008
Updated: Dec. 19, 2008

23 employees accepted a buyout offer. A new buyout offer has been extended to all newsroom employees.
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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Columbia, S.C.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Date: Sept. 17, 2008
8 advertising, circulation and production jobs were cut.
Source: McClatchy Watch

Providence, R.I.
Owner: A.H. Belo Corp.
Date: Sept. 5, 2008
Updated: Oct. 1, 2008

25 part-time and 6 full-time employees were laid off.
Source: Providence Journal; Paper cuts tip; Providence Journal via Paper Cuts tip

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Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Date: Sept. 16, 2008
Gannett created centers in Springfield, Mo., and Indianapolis to handle accounting and finance its newspapers and TV stations. There are 11 papers and stations in the pilot program. Gannett says 55 jobs will be created at each of the centers; 275 will be cut companywide.
Source: Gannett Blog and The News-Leader

Seattle
Owner: Seattle Times Co.
Date: Sept. 29, 2008
The Times will outsource distribution after the truck drivers union voted to approve outsourcing.
Source: Seattle Times via Fading to Black

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Olympia, Wash.
Owner: The McClatchy Co.
Date: Sept. 8, 2008
Updated: Oct. 1, 2008

4 employees accepted buyout offers. A shortened workweek has also been imposed. The News Tribune and the Olympian have also consolidated advertising, technology and circulation departments.
Source: The Olympian via Fading to Black; The Olympian

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St. Louis
Owner: Lee Enterprises
Date: Sept. 29, 2008
45 ad reps, editors, reporters, designers and clerks were laid off. One former employee said several several ad reps were laid off in a group setting.
Source: Riverfront Times

St. Louis, Mo.
Owner: Lee Enterprises
Date: Sept. 26, 2008
20 employees were laid off in production, marketing and the newsroom. Full disclosure: I work at the Post-Dispatch; I’ll update as I hear more. The paper laid off 18 employees at the end of August.
Source: Paper Cuts tips

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Frenchtown, N.J.
Owner: NJN Publishing
Date: Sept. 22, 2008
The paper will close. 2 staff members were laid off; 1 reporter will move to NJN’s Hunterdon County Democrat; 1 reporter resigned.
Source: mycentraljersey.com via Fading to Black

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