TRACKING LAYOFFS

Newspaper-by-newspaper information

Below is a list of states with Gannett newspapers, a list of those papers and information from previous layoff counts on the Gannett Blog, including how many layoffs were at that paper in previous moves.

This page is a work in progress. Numbers from previous layoffs are still not available for many papers. For the numbers that are listed, the total numbers of employees at sites are mostly estimates, from previous lists on Gannett profile pages, published articles, submitted information to this site and the Gannett Blog.

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GANNETTOID FORUM | LAYOFFS FORUM | LAYOFF NUMBERS ONLY

Blog: Aug. 2008 | Sept. 2008 | Dec. 2008 | April 2009 | May 2009

QUICK LIST: Includes actual and projections from GCI or publisher.
• The (Fort Myers) News-Press: 30 of 520
• *Detroit Free Press: 172 of 1,800 (total for Detroit Media Partnership) Cuts: 132 in June; 40 in August.
• The Tennessean: 35 of 1,042 (also eliminated 25 open positions)
• The Cincinnati Enquirer: 101 of 920
> The Kentucky Enquirer: ?? of ?? (is this included with Cincinnati cuts?)
• The Honolulu Advertiser: 15 of 646 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Later July?)
• Florida Today: 11 of 424 (also 12 open positions eliminated)
• The Arizona Republic: 113 of ?? | FORUM
• Iowa City Press-Citizen: 4 of 74 | STORY | FORUM
• The Palm Springs (Calif.) Desert Sun: 19 of 332 | parson | FORUM
• Binghamton (N.Y.) Press & Sun-Bulletin: 4 of ??? | FORUM
• The Fond du Lac (Wis.) Reporter: 49 of ?? | STORY | UPDATE
• The Indianapolis Star: 37 of ?? | FORUM
• Lansing State Journal: 27 of 330 | STORY | FORUM
• The Louisville Courier-Journal: 44 of 575 | FORUM (575 from memo)
• The Montgomery Advertiser: 12 of about 231 employees?
• Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal: 3 of 304 (+1 open) FORUM
• The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times: 30 of ?? | MEMO
• The (Shreveport) Times: 9 of ?? | FORUM
• The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger: 20 of 315 | FORUM
• Cherry Hill (N.J.) Courier-Post: 31 of ?? | FORUM
• The (S.C.) Greenville News: 25 of ?? | FORUM
• Asbury Park Press: 19 of ?? (125 all of New Jersey, breakdown??) FORUM
• St. Cloud (Minn.) Times: 4 of 191 (2 open eliminated) | FORUM
• The (Vineland, N.J.) Daily Journal: 9 of ?? (2 open eliminated) | FORUM
• Sioux Falls Argus Leader: 25 of 280 | S.D. Watch | FORUM
• The Staunton (Va.) Daily News Leader: 5 of 60 (+ 1 open job) FORUM
• *Tucson Citizen: 65 when paper became online-only in May
• The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press: 3 of 197 | FORUM (2 open will not be filled)
• Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader: 15 of 251 | FORUM
• The (Appleton, Wis.) Post-Crescent: 3 of ?? | FORUM
• Asheville Citizen-Times: 16 of 164 | Ashvegas blog | FORUM
• The Des Moines (Iowa) Register: 36 of 731 | Iowa Independent story
• *Fort Collins Coloradoan: 9 of 124 (pay cuts also) | FORUM
• The Wilmington (Del.) News Journal: 46 of 556 | FORUM
• Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat: 16 of 258 (10 open positions frozen) | FORUM
• Lafayette (Ind.) Journal and Courier: 6 of 221 | FORUM
• The Muncie (Ind.) Star Press: 8 of 157 | FORUM
• Richmond (Ind.) Palladium-Item: 10 of 77 | STORY | FORUM
• The Baxter (Mountain Home, Ark.) Bulletin: 3 of 39 | FORUM
• Port Huron (Mich.) Times Herald: 6 of ?? | FORUM
• Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal: 15 of 305
• Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gazette: 2 of ?? | FORUM
• Port Clinton (Ohio) News Herald: 4 of ?? | FORUM
> The Fremont (Ohio) News-Messenger: Shares with Port Clinton | FORUM
• Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder: 5 of ??
• Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal: 8 of ?? | FORUM
• Salem (Ore.) Statesman Journal: 7 of 252 | Oregon Media Central
• Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle: 49 of 626 (+15 open) | FORUM
• Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal: 16 of 186
• The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun: 21 of ??
• Green Bay Press-Gazette: 19 of ?? | STORY | FORUM
• Manitowac (Wis.) Herald Times Reporter: 3 of ?? | FORUM
• The Sheboygan (Wis.) Press: 4 of ?? | FORUM
• Wausau (Wis.) Daily Herald: 10 of ?? | FORUM
• Hattiesburg (Miss.) American: 8 of 135
• Oshkosh (Wis.) Northwestern: 7 of 64 | FORUM
• The Lafayette (La.) Daily Advertiser: 9 of ?? | FORUM
• The Alexandria (La.) Town Talk: 7 of ?? | FORUM
• Opelousas (La.) Daily World: 0 of ?? | FORUM
• The Monroe (La.) News-Star: 1 of ?? | FORUM
• Elmira (N.Y.) Star-Gazette: 6 of ?? | FORUM
• The Westchester (N.Y.) County Journal News: 308 of 807 | FORUM
• Tulare (Calif.) Advance-Register and Visalia (Calif.) Times-Delta: 1 of ??
(hours reduced for production workers at Tulare and Visalia) FORUM
* Indicates layoffs not counted as part of this current round, meaning they do not count toward the company's projection of 1,400 layoffs for this continuing round of layoffs (The nine layoffs at Fort Collins were originally said to be part of the round, but Gannett later corrected that and said they were classified as separate).

TOTAL NEWSPAPER DIVISION CUTS: 1,680 of 41,500

NEW JERSEY HELP: We've accounted for 50, but the APP posted a story saying it's 125 combined for the New Jersey properties. POST IN THE FORUM

MISC.: WGRZ-TV Buffalo, NY: 2 of ???
• Gannett Offset Minnesota: 4 of ??

ALABAMA: 12 cuts

• The Montgomery Advertiser: 12 of about 231 employees?

December: 31 of 264 employees laid off

ARIZONA: 178

• The Arizona Republic: 113 of ?? | FORUM | ZonieReport.com

April: 30 of ??? | According to Gannett Blog (more here)

December: 68 laid off (25 from newsroom) | BizJournals.com

• Tucson Citizen: 65 when paper became online-only in May

ARKANSAS: 3

• The Baxter Bulletin: 3 of estimated 39| FORUM

October: 18 of ?? (moved its printing to the Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Mo.)

CALIFORNIA: 20 so far

• The Palm Springs Desert Sun: 19 of 332 | parson | FORUM

December: 15 of 347 | 350 currently listed on paper's profile page

August: 3 of 350

• The Salinas Californian: ?? of 115

December: 40 of 155 | 155 listed on paper's profile page | Gannett Blog listed 120 prior to December layoffs

September: 1 of ???

August: 2 of ???

• Tulare Advance-Register: 1* of ?? (the 1 layoff is a shared photographer for Tulare and Visalia; also, hours reduced for production workers at Tulare and Visalia) FORUM

• Visalia Times-Delta: 1* of ?? (the 1 layoff is a shared photographer for Tulare and Visalia; also, hours reduced for production workers at Tulare and Visalia) FORUM

December: 8 of 136 | 137 listed on paper's profile page | Gannett Blog listed 123 in December

September: 1 of 137

August: 3 of 140

Recent headline: Newspaper has been a community leader (June 25th marked the paper's 150th anniversary)

COLORADO: 9 (pay cuts also)

• Fort Collins Coloradoan: 9 of 124 | FORUM

May: 48 of 246 (The Coloradoan closed its printing press May 11 and began printing at the Denver Newspaper Agency)

December: 5 of 246

August: 4 of 250

Recent headline: Coloradoan to print Good News section

DELAWARE: 46

• The Wilmington (Del.) News Journal: 46 of 556 | FORUM

December: 44 of 600

September: 1 of 603

August: 16 of 619

FLORIDA: 60

• Florida Today: 11 of 424 (also 12 open positions eliminated) | FORUM

December: 36 of 460

August: 11 of 600

• The Fort Myers News-Press: 30 of 520 | FORUM

December: 80 of 600

September: 2 of 602

• Pensacola News Journal: 3 of 304 (1 open position eliminated) FORUM (2 laid off, but offered jobs?)

April: 84 of 388 (announced April 3 it would close its production plant and outsource print operations to the Mobile Press-Register, a Newhouse paper in Alabama)

December: 28 of 416

September: 0 of 416

August: 4 of 420

• Tallahassee Democrat: 16 of 258 (10 open positions frozen) | FORUM

December: 25 of 283

September: 2 of 285

August: 8 of 293

HAWAII: 15

• The Honolulu Advertiser: 15 of 646 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Later July?)

December: 51 of 697 (February BizJournals story says paper has lost 164 jobs in four rounds of layoffs since August 2007)

Info: The paper was exempt from Gannett's furloughs for both the first and second quarters. But on Jan. 30, Honolulu employees voted to allow pay cuts.

INDIANA: 43

• The Indianapolis Star: 37 of ?? | FORUM

April: 8 of 948

December: 52 of 1,040

August: 20 of 1,441

• Lafayette Journal and Courier: 6 of 221 | FORUM

December: 13 of 234 | 230 listed on paper's profile page

September: 2 of 236

August: 2 of 238

• The Muncie Star Press: 8 of 157 | FORUM

December: 9 of 166

September: 1 of 167

August: 2 of 169

• Richmond Palladium-Item: 10 of 77 | STORY | FORUM

December: 68 of 145 (includes closing of printing press in January)

September: 5 of 150

IOWA: 40

• The Des Moines Register: 36 of 731 | Iowa Independent story

December: 55 of 801 (41 at Register, 14 at Register's weeklies division, ALSO eliminated 15 open positions)

August: 15 of 1,000

• Iowa City Press-Citizen: 4 of 74 | STORY | FORUM

December: 11 of 85

September: 3 of 88

June 2008: 11 full-time, 13 part-time when printing operations were moved to Des Moines

KENTUCKY: 44

• The Louisville Courier-Journal: 44 of 575 | FORUM (575 from memo)

December: 69 of 1,084??

September: 1 of 1,085??

August: 15 of 1,100??

• The Kentucky Enquirer: ?? of ?? (is this included with Cincinnati cuts?)

LOUISIANA: 26

• The Alexandria Town Talk: 7 of ?? | FORUM

December: 14 of 214

September: 4 of 218

August: 3 of 221

• The Lafayette Daily Advertiser: 9 of ?? | FORUM

December: 19 of 277 (19 combined from Daily World and Daily Advertiser)

September: 2 of 279

• The Monroe News-Star: 1 of ?? | FORUM

December: ?? of 215

• Opelousas Daily World: 0 of ?? | FORUM

December: 19 of 277 (19 combined from Daily World and Daily Advertiser)

August: 6 of 283

• The (Shreveport) Times: 9 of ?? | FORUM

December: 21 of 289

September: 1 of 290

August: 0 of 402

MARYLAND: 30

• The Salisbury Daily Times: 30 of ?? | MEMO | FORUM

December: 25 of 275

September: 3 of 278

MICHIGAN: 185

• Battle Creek Enquirer: ?? of ?? | FORUM

December: 50 of 105 (18 full-time, 32 part-time) | This included moving printing to the Lansing State Journal

September: 1 of 106

• Detroit Free Press: 172 of 1,800* | Journal-isms blog | Gannett Blog
*About the total number of employees at the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, according to Crain's Business. Cuts: 132 in June; 40 in August.

December: 220 of 2,100 | With announcement of cutting printing days

• Lansing State Journal: 27 of 330 | STORY | FORUM
From a non-Gannett weekly in Lansing: City Pulse

December: 31 of 373

September: 1 of 372

August: 8 of 380

• Livingston County Daily Press & Argus: ?? of 83

April: 12 of 95 | Editor & Publisher

• Observer & Eccentric Newspapers: ?? of ??

April: 44 of ??

• Port Huron Times Herald: 6 of ?? | FORUM

December: 11 of 180

September: 3 of 183

MINNESOTA: 4

• St. Cloud Times: 4 of 191 (2 open positions also eliminated) | FORUM

April: 10 of 170

December: 23 of 214

September: 1 of 215

August: 8 of 222

MISSISSIPPI: 28

• Hattiesburg American: 8 of 135

December: 38 of 173 (all jobs due to moving printing to The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss.)

September: 1 of 174

August: 1 of 175

• The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger: 20 of 315 | STORY | FORUM

December: 33 of 400

August: 20 of 490

MISSOURI: 15

• Springfield News-Leader: 15 of 251 | FORUM

December: 19 of 270

August: 5 of 380

MONTANA: 0

• Great Falls Tribune: 0 of ?? | Publisher says no layoffs

December: 6 of 165

NEVADA: 15

• Reno Gazette-Journal: 15 of 305

April: 35 of 340

December: 61 of 401

September: 1 of 402

August: 7 of 409

NEW JERSEY: 125 total (breakdown?)

• Asbury Park Press: 19 of ?? | FORUM

April: 18 of ???

December: 92 of ??? (total shared with all other N.J. papers according to Gannett Blog)

September: 1 of ???

August: 50 of 1,492

• Somerville Courier News: ?? of ??

September: 2 of ???

August: 12 of ??? (total combines Bridgewater Courier News and Home News Tribune according to Gannett Blog)

• Cherry Hill Courier-Post: 31 of ?? | FORUM

September: 2 of ???

• East Brunswick Home News Tribune: ?? of ??

August: 12 of ??? (total combines Bridgewater Courier News and Home News Tribune according to Gannett Blog)

• Parsippany Daily Record: ?? of ??

April: 7 of ???

September: 2 of ??

• The (Vineland) Daily Journal: 9 of ?? (2 open positions eliminated) | FORUM

NEW YORK: 383

• Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: 4 of ??? | FORUM

December: 40 of ??? (total combined for The Ithaca Journal, Binghamton Press & Sun and Elmira Star-Gazette according to Gannett Blog)

September: 1 of 389

August: 1 of 390

• Elmira Star-Gazette: 6 of ?? | FORUM

December: 40 of ??? (total combined for The Ithaca Journal, Binghamton Press & Sun and Elmira Star-Gazette according to Gannett Blog)

September: 0 of 114

August: 1 of 115

• The Ithaca Journal: ?? of ??

December: 40 of ??? (total combined for The Ithaca Journal, Binghamton Press & Sun and Elmira Star-Gazette according to Gannett Blog)

September: 0 of 127

August: 3 of 130

• Poughkeepsie Journal: 16 of 186

December: 14 of 200

September: 3 of 203

August: 3 of 206

• Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: 49 of 626 (15 open eliminated) | FORUM

December: 59 of 739

September: 1 of 740

August: 11 of 975

• The Westchester County Journal News: 308 of 807 | FORUM

December: 43 of 850

September: 5 of 855

August: 12 of 867

NORTH CAROLINA: 16

• Asheville Citizen-Times: 16 of 164 | Ashvegas blog (is it 15?) | FORUM

December: 76 of 240 (includes 60 jobs from January press shutdown)

September: 4 of 244

August: 6 of 250

OHIO: 119

• Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum: ?? of ?? | FORUM (7 laid off?)

August: 9 of 254 (total combined for Bucyrus Telegram-Forum, Mansfield News Journal and The Marion Star according to Gannett Blog)

September: 7 of ??? (total combined for Bucyrus Telegram-Forum, Chillicothe Gazette, Coshocton Tribune, Fremont News-Messenger, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Mansfield News Journal, The Marion Star, Newark Advocate, Port Clinton News Herald and Zanesville Times Recorder according to Gannett Blog)

• Chillicothe Gazette: ?? of ??

August: 3 of ??? (total combined for Chillicothe Gazette and Lancaster Eagle-Gazette according to Gannett Blog)

• The Cincinnati Enquirer: 101 of 920 | Buchanan predicted 100 | FORUM

December: 30 of 950

September: 2 of 952

August: ?? of 1,143

• Coshocton Tribune: ?? of ??

• The Fremont News-Messenger: 4 of ?? (combines Port Clinton and Fremont)

April: 3 of ??? (estimated out of 30-40 employees between Fremont News-Messenger and Port Clinton News Herald according to Gannett Blog)

• Lancaster Eagle-Gazette: 2 of ?? | FORUM

August: 3 of ??? (total combined for Chillicothe Gazette and Lancaster Eagle-Gazette according to Gannett Blog)

• Mansfield News Journal: 8 of ?? | FORUM

August: 9 of 254 (total combined for Bucyrus Telegram-Forum, Mansfield News Journal and The Marion Star according to Gannett Blog)

• The Marion Star: ?? of ??

August: 9 of 254 (total combined for Bucyrus Telegram-Forum, Mansfield News Journal and The Marion Star according to Gannett Blog)

• The Newark Advocate: ?? of ??

• Port Clinton News Herald: 4 of ?? (combines Port Clinton and Fremont)

April: 3 of ??? (estimated out of 30-40 employees between Fremont News-Messenger and Port Clinton News Herald according to Gannett Blog)

• Zanesville Times Recorder: 5 of ??

OREGON: 7

• Salem Statesman Journal: 7 of 252 | (Oregon Media Central blog keeping track | reporter Tweets number could be 10 with 5 positions restructured)
The 252 is confirmed: 176 full-time and 76 part-time workers

December: 12 of 264

September: 2 of 266

SOUTH CAROLINA: 25

• The Greenville News: 25 of ?? | FORUM

December: 36 of 500

September: 2 of 502

August: 14 of 610

SOUTH DAKOTA: 25

• Sioux Falls Argus Leader: 25 of 280 | S.D. Watch | FORUM

December: 18 of 298

September: 1 of 299

August: 1 of 300

TENNESSEE: 56

• The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle: ?? of ??? | FORUM

December: 48 of ??? (includes 37 jobs from Nov. 30, when paper began printing at The Tennessean)

September: 2 of ???

• The Jackson Sun: 21 of ??

December: 11 of 140

September: 2 of 142

August: 2 of 225 (also eliminated 12 open positions)

• The Murfreesboro Daily News Journal: ?? of ??

December: 3 of ???

• The Tennessean: 35 of 1,042 (also eliminated 25 open positions)

December: 92 of 1,132

September: 0 of 1,132

August: 10 of 1,182 (also eliminated 40 open positions)

UTAH: ??

• The Spectrum: ?? of ??

December: 12 of 137

September: 2 of 139

August: 3 of 142 (4 open positions eliminated)

VERMONT: 3

• The Burlington Free Press: 3 of 197 | FORUM (2 open will not be filled

December: 14 of 211

September: 2 of 213

August: 6 of 219

• USA Today: ?? of ??

VIRGINIA: 5

• The Staunton Daily News Leader: 5 of 55 (+ 1 open job) FORUM

April: 23 of ???

December: 15 of 100