Newport News, Va. Owner: Tribune Co. Effective: March 15, 2010 in a move that publisher Digby Solomon said could save the paper $1 million a year, the Daily Press will outsource copy editing and de...
Walsenburg, Colo. Owner: Brian and Gretchen Orr Effective: Feb. 26, 2010 The Orrs bought the Huerfano County World and have merged it with the Huerfano Journal, creating the Huerfano World Journal....
Greenville, N.Y. Owner: Greenville Press Inc. Effective: Feb. 1, 2010 When employees reported to work Feb. 1, they said no one knew where owner and publisher Linda Fenoff was. Fenoff’s mother calle...
Peoria, Ill. Owner: GateHouse Media Inc. Effective: April 2, 2010 Six employees from the copy desk and news clerical staff will be laid off. In a story on the paper’s website, Publisher Ken Mauser ...
Two months into the new year, and the layoff/buyout total stands at 1,031+ jobs. Only 218 layoffs were added in February — “only” because it is, without a doubt, a much slower pace than the past tw...
I got to do one of my favorite things on Monday: Sleuthing. A couple of weeks ago, I researched and created an interactive timeline on the ownership history of the St. Louis Rams. A man from New Yo...
Boston Owner: New York Times Co. Announced: Spring 2010 Nine advertising production jobs will be cut. Source: Paper Cuts tip ShareThis
Mount Vernon, Wash. Owner: Skagit Publishing Effective: Feb. 26, 2010 Nine employees were laid off, including a niche publication editor, the Newspapers in Education coordinator and two circulation...
Kansas City, Mo. Owner: NPG Newspapers Inc. Effective: Feb. 24, 2010 The weekly newspaper has closed. NPG general manager Lee Sawyer said more than 10 employees were laid off. Can you help with the...
Honolulu, Hawaii Owner: Oahu Publications Inc. Effective: June 2010 Oahu Publications, which owns the Star-Bulletin, will buy Gannett’s Advertiser. The Advertiser is the larger newspaper. Under ant...
Eugene, Ore. Owner: Guard Publishing Co. Effective: Feb. 24, 2010 Nine full-time and five part-time employees were laid off. Five open positions were frozen. In a letter to employees, publisher Ton...
Portland, Augusta and Waterville, Maine Owner: MaineToday Media Inc. Effective: Mid-March 2010 An unknown number of employees will be laid off; employees have until March 5 to volunteer. “Business ...
Crystal Lake, DeKalb, St. Charles, Grayslake and Sycamore, Ill. Owner: Shaw Newspapers Effective: Mid-April 2010 Shaw Newspapers will outsource printing of its Chicago-area papers to Paddock Public...
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