Printing will be outsourced to a Boston Globe facility in Dorchester; 48 full-time and 16 part-time employees will be laid off. “This was an extremely difficult decision because we all know the excellent contributions our co-workers have made to the company over the years,” publisher Bruce Gaultney said in a memo to employees. “I sincerely appreciate their dedication to the important task of printing the newspaper every day of the year.” The Telegram will continue to print its Saturday edition.
Source: Telegram & Gazette via Paper Cuts tip

Approximately 30 employees were laid off, including at least three from the newsroom. The paper has not reported on the layoffs. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Paper Cuts tips

A reporter was laid off at the paper’s northwest Arkansas bureau in Springdale. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
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At least four employees were laid off: Three artists and a marketing writer. There may have been layoffs in other departments as well — do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: Paper Cuts tip

Five newsroom, seven “operations,” two finance, and six advertising and marketing employees were laid off. “It’s really driven by the ongoing economic downturn as well as our desire to position the Times to compete in tomorrow’s information marketplace,” Times spokeswoman Jill Mackie told The Stranger. “So, as a part of that, we’re reducing costs and part of that is a limited number of targeted layoffs. These layoffs are designed to minimize the impact on our ability to provide outstanding journalism to the community.”
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An unknown number of employees were laid off from the two papers. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
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The features editor and food editor were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: L.A. Observed

At least seven newsroom employees were laid off, many of them copy editors. Black Press officials had said layoffs would be made after they bought the paper on Nov. 30. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: San Francisco Peninsula Press Club via Paper Cuts tip

Buyouts were offered to four newsroom and four advertising employees; a union official said layoffs could follow depending on how many employees accept the buyout. Employees had until Dec. 16 to accept the offer.
Source: WPRI via Paper Cuts tip

Update: Nine editorial and advertising employees accepted the buyout offer. (02.18.12)
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Buyouts are being offered to those who have worked for the company for 18 years or more. In a story on the paper’s website, Karen Acton, who took over as CEO of Post-Newsweek Media (which is owned by Washington Post Co.) on Jan. 2, said the company was not looking for a specific number of buyouts. The deadline for accepting the buyout offer was not clear. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: The Gazette via Paper Cuts tip