February Newspaper Job Losses Totals 1,470 People
Here is the breakdown of layoffs at newspapers in the United States for the month of February 2009. It totals 1,470 people. Forbes lists the total amount of people laid off in February 2009 in the top 500 compaines United States as 125,677. News Cycle’s January list of 2,073 people is here.
- Feb. 28: Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, 34 people;
- Feb. 27: Boston Herald, 20 people;
- Feb. 27: Wilmington (Del.) Star News, 40 people;
- Feb. 26: The New York Times, 19 people;
- Feb. 26: Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, unknown number of people;
- Feb. 26: The Rocky Mountain News in Denver, 231 editorial people;
- Feb. 26: The Commmercial Appeal of Memphis, Tenn., 23 people;
- Feb. 25: Providence (R.I.) Journal, 100 people (part of the Jan. 30 Belo announcement of 500 layoffs);
- Feb. 25: San Antonio Express-News, 165 people;
- Feb. 25: Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette and KCRG-TV, 100 people;
- Feb. 25: Hartford (Conn.) Courant, 100 people;
- Feb. 24: Arkansas Democrat Gazette in Little Rock, 60 people,
- Feb. 20: Pacific Publishing Co. group of community newspapers in Seattle, six people;
- Feb. 20: Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic, at least four people;
- Feb. 20: Aspen (Colo.) Daily News, seven people;
- Feb. 20: Apsen (Colo.) Times, one person;
- Feb. 20: The Daily Record of Ellensburg, Wash., six people;
- Feb. 19: Denver Post, six people;
- Feb. 19: The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., 30 people;
- Feb. 17: Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal, nine people;
- Feb. 17: Columbus (Neb.) Telegram, 11 people;
- Feb. 15: Houston Chronicle, 10 percent of its workforce, which is at least 100 people based on figures in its Linkedin profile;
- Feb. 12: Muskogee (Okla.) Phoenix, eight people;
- Feb. 12: Hunterdon County (N.J.) Democrat, 11 people;
- Feb. 12: Chicago Tribune, 12 people;
- Feb. 12: Lowell (Ind.) Tribune and Cedar Lake Journal, five people;
- Feb. 11: Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, five people;
- Feb. 11: Maryland Gazette of Glen Burie, six people;
- Feb. 10: Journal Register Co. is closing the eight weekly newspapers in its Taconic Press group in New York, 35 people;
- Feb. 10: The Forum of Fargo, N.D., 21 people;
- Feb. 10: The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa., 22 people;
- Feb. 9: Germantown (Pa.) Courier and Mt. Airy (Pa.) Times Express cease operations, unknown number of people;
- Feb. 6: The Independent of Hillsdale, N.Y., ceases operations, 30 people;
- Feb. 6: Waco (Texas) Tribune, seven people;
- Feb. 6: Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier, 25 people;
- Feb. 6: The Journal-Standard of Freeport, Ill., five people;
- Feb. 6: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 17 people;
- Feb. 6: Daily Reporter of Derby, Kan., is ceasing operations, six people;
- Feb. 6: The Sun News of Myrtle Beach, S.C., 58 people;
- Feb. 5: Wisconsin State Journal of Madison, five people;
- Feb. 5: The Telegraph of Macon, Ga., 58 people;
- Feb. 5: Wall Street Journal, 14 people;
- Feb. 4: Bloomberg Financial and Data News Service, 100 people;
- Feb. 4: Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune, 48 people;
- Feb. 3: Vail (Ariz.) Sun ceases operations, unknown number of people.
