Tuesday, March 3, 2009

January Newspaper Layoffs Total 2,256 People

Here is the breakdown of layoffs at newspapers in the United States for the month of January 2009. It totals 2,256 people.

Jan. 31: Observer Publishing Co. of Washington, Pa., 13 people.
Jan. 31: The Times of Northwest Indiana in Munster, Ind., five people
Jan. 31: St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, eight people
Jan. 31: The Wenatchee (Wash.) World, 12 people
Jan. 30: Rapid City (S.D.) Journal, four people
Jan. 30: Hershey (Pa.) Chronicle to close, seven people
Jan. 30: Los Angeles Times, 300 people
Jan. 30: A.H. Belo chain, 500 people
Jan. 29: Baltimore Examiner to close, 90 people
Jan. 29: Minneapolis Star Tribune, seven people
Jan. 28: The Rocky Mount (N.C.) Telegram, five people
Jan. 28: The Daily Reflector of Greenville, N.C., 23 people
Jan. 28: The Missoulian of Montana, six people
Jan. 28: Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Md., 111 people
Jan. 27: Valley News of Shenandoah, Iowa, three people
Jan. 27: Hutchinson (Kan.) News, four people
Jan. 27: Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald, 15 people
Jan. 27: The Montana Standard of Butte, six people
Jan. 22: The Globe Gazette of Mason City, Iowa, nine people
Jan. 22: The River Valley Newspaper Group of Wisconsin, 10 people
Jan. 22: Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle, eight people
Jan. 22: The Journal Star of Peoria, Ill., 11 people
Jan. 21: Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftian, six people
Jan. 20: Daily Herald of Provo, Utah, 52 people
Jan. 18: Charlotte (Fla.) Sun, 30 people
Jan. 16: Napa Valley (Calif.) Register, two people
Jan. 15: Boston Globe, 50 people
Jan. 15: Muscatine (Iowa) Journal, four people
Jan. 15: The Daily Gazette of Schenectady, N.Y., 16 people
Jan. 15: Rutland (Vt.) Herald and Barre-Montpelier (Vt.) Times Argus, 14 people
Jan. 14: Ogden (W.Va.) Intelligencer, three people
Jan. 14: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, 15 people
Jan. 14: San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 people
Jan. 13: Billings (Mont.) Gazette, eight people
Jan. 12: Financial Times, 80 people
Jan. 11: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 156 people
Jan. 10: Newnan (Ga.) Times-Herald, 10 people
Jan. 10, Hanover (Pa.) Evening Sun, nine people
Jan. 9: Sun-Times Media Group to close 12 weeklies, 15 people
Jan. 9: Christian Science Monitor in Boston, at least 15 people
Jan. 8: Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal, seven people
Jan. 8: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 39 people
Jan. 8: Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, 38 people
Jan. 8: Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne, two people
Jan. 8: The Daily Breeze of Torrence, Calif., 15 people
Jan. 8: Daily News and the Press Telegram in Los Angeles, 10 people
Jan. 7: Hanford (Calif.) Sentinel, 12 people
Jan. 7: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 23 people
Jan. 7: Hunterdon (N.J.) County Democrat, 25 people
Jan. 7: The Record-Journal of Meriden, Conn., 45 people
Jan. 6: Tulsa World, 28 people
Jan. 5: Westword of Vail, Colo., three people
Jan. 5: Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times, 60 people
Jan. 5: Newton (Mass.) Record ceases operations, four people
Jan. 5: The Republican of Springfield, Mass., 36 people
Jan. 4: East Valley Tribune of Phoenix, 142 people. This was announced in advance in October of 2008.
Jan. 4: Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer, 50 people
Jan. 2: Sound Publishing of Everett, Wash., 44 people
Jan. 1: Asian Week in San Francisco, 11 people.

Here are News Cycle's month-by-month lists of newspaper job cuts this year:

December -- 752 people.
November -- 293 people.
October -- 375 people.
September -- 347 people.
August -- 425 people.
July -- 2,505 people.
June -- 318 people.
May -- 1,084 people.
April -- 1,350 people.
March -- 3,943 people.
February -- 1,492 people.
January -- 2,256 people.

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