Appleton, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Manitowoc, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Marshfield, Wausau, Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: June 21, 2011

As part of 700 cuts across Gannett, Gannett Blog reports four employees were laid off a the company’s Wisconsin papers. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Gannett Blog

Arcadia, Wis.; Galesville, Wis.; Whitehall, Wis.
Owner: News Publishing Co.
Effective: Jan. 6, 2011

The papers were bought by News Publishing Co. in late 2010, and merged them to form the Trempealeau County Times, which published its first edition on Jan. 6, 2011. According to a Leader-Telegram story, “Not all the employees of the three weeklies found positions with the new paper.” Do you know how many people were laid off when the papers closed? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Leader-Telegram

Appleton, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Manitowoc, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Marshfield, Wausau, Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: January-March 2011

Gannett Blog reports 16 employees were laid off at the Wisconsin papers. Do you know any details? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Gannett Blog

Portage, Wis.
Owner: Capital Newspapers, a partnership between Lee Enterprises and The Capital Times Co.
Date: “Late April or early May” 2011

Printing and packaging at the Capital Newspapers’ plant in Portage will be outsourced to the company’s plant in Madison, Wis. The Portage plant printed the Portage Daily Register, the Baraboo News Republic, the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen and five weekly newspapers. Seventeen full-time and 17 part-time employees were laid off.
Sources: Wisconsin State Journal

Appleton, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Manitowoc, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Marshfield, Wausau, Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: Nov. 5, 2010

Gannett Blog reports 21 employees were laid off at the Wisconsin papers. Do you know additional details? Leave a comment or e-mail me at newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com.
Source: Gannett Blog

Wrightstown and Denmark, Wis.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: Dec. 17, 2008

The weekly papers have closed: The Post-Gazette’s final edition was Dec. 12; the Press’ final edition was Dec. 17.
Source: The Post-Crescent

Green Bay, Wis.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: December 2010

Some of the paper’s production will be outsourced to other Gannett facilities by the end of the year; 37 employees will be laid off. “As hard as this is, it is the right thing to do to help secure the long-term future of our business,” publisher Kevin Corrado said in a story on the paper’s website.
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette

Madison, Wis.
Owner: Lee Enterprises and The Capital Times Co.
Effective: 2010

A buyout offer is targeting the sports and video departments. In a memo to employees published on Lee Watch, Wisconsin Sate Journal publisher Bill Johnson and Capital Times publisher Clayton Frink said: “We have looked at all areas of our operation for efficiencies and budget cuts, but we are not able to reach our budget expectations through non-personnel reductions. We need to eliminate multiple positions in the combined newsrooms, and the sports and video departments are the primary areas which will experience the reductions.” The memo did not give a deadline, but said “approximately four full-time positions” will be cut.
Source: Lee Watch

Kewaunee and Door counties, Wis.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: September 2010

The Door Reminder will close Sept. 7.

The Resorter Reporter will merge with Vacation Guide, a seasonal publication, on Sept. 15, becoming Door County Now. The weekly arts and entertainment publication will be distributed independently and with the Door County Advocate.

Weeklies Kewaunee County News, Kewaunee County Star and Kewaunee County Snapshots will merge on Sept. 18, becoming the Kewaunee County Star-News.

Printing operations will cease at the company’s Sister Bay office in Door County, and the Door Reminder Office Supply operation will be combined with a store in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

In all, 10 employees will be laid off. “It was difficult to make the tough decision about the eliminated jobs,” publisher Kevin Corrado said in a story published in the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Corrado also is the publisher of the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

“We’ve devoted months of study and review to make sure these publications remain viable in today’s economy and continue to serve our readers and advertisers,” he said.
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette via Gannett Blog

Appleton, Wis.
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
Effective: May 28, 2010

The weekly paper will close. Content from the Post-Crescent East will move to the Post-Crescent’s daily and online editions. “In addition to the daily coverage of Heart of the Valley news and sports, the community-focused news that P-C East produces will have its place in the daily newspaper,” Post-Crescent executive editor said in a story on the paper’s website.
Source: The Post-Crescent