News library layoffs and buyouts


Organization
Effective Date
Number of positions cut
Number of positions remaining
Notes
ABC News Research Center (Washington, D.C.)6/2006 and 2009
13
0
Research Center dismantled and the collection dispersed. See memo, etc.
Albany Times Union (Albany, N.Y.)
7/2008 and 3/2009
2
1

Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Ariz.)
11/2009
2
0

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)
5/1/2009
1
3

Atlanta Journal Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.)
4/2009
15
0
Research discontinued, archiving outsourced.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Md.)
4/2009
1
2

Capital Times/Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wis.)
6/2008 and 9/2008
2
2

Charlotte Observer (Charlotte N.C.)
9/2008
3
2

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
2008, 2/2009
9
5

Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio)
7/2009
1
1
Remaining position is part-time
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio)
6/2006, 3/2007, 6/2007
3
4

Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Texas)Spring 2007
2
1

Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.)
6/2007
1
0
Archiving automated.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
6/2008, 9/2009
4
1

Denver Post (Denver, Colo.)
6/2007
1
4

The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
2/2008, 12/2008, 5/2009
4
1
Archiving automated.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Mich.)
6/22/2009
3
0
Research discontinued, archiving automated.
Entertainment Weekly
11/2008
2
1

Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.)
11/2008
2
4

Forbes
1/2009
2
1

Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)6/2008 and 3/2009
5
1

Fortune
Spring 2008
4
2
Business Information Center serving Fortune, Money, FSB and various Time Inc. corporate departments eliminated.
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.)
1
2

The Fresno Bee (Fresno, Calif.)
6/2008
1
2

The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ont., Canada)
4/1/2009
6
8

Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn.)
7/2008 and 3/2009
2
2

Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas)11/2007, 11/2008
11
2

Knoxville News Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.)
6/2007
1
0
Archiving automated, other library functions eliminated.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.)
5/2009
4
1

Los Angeles Time (Los Angeles, Calif.)




Miami Herald (Miami, Fla.)
2008
4
3

The Morning Call (Allentown, Penn.)
1/2008 and /2008
2
2

NBC InfoCenter (New York, N.Y.)
4/2009
4
3
Two other positions lost through attrition in 2004 and 2007.
New York Daily News (New York, N.Y.)




New York Times (New York, N.Y.)
2007, 2008
13
7
The NYT still has additional part-time positions.
News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)




News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.)1/2006, 6/2007, 1/2009
3
1

Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)3/2008
1
11
Staff reduced from 23 through attrition since 2002.
News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)
5/2008
1
1

Newsweek
1/2006, 12/2007, 2008, 2/2009, 11/2009
9
1

The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.)
2007 and 2008
5
2

Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.)




Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ont., Canada)
2006 and 2008
2
2

The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
8/12/2008, 9/2009
8
2

The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.)2/2008 and 11/2008
2
1

The Patriot-News Company (Harrisburg, Penn.)
11/2008
1
1

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Penn.)




Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio)

4
5

Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, Maine)
6/2009
1


Providence Journal (Providence, R.I.)
10/2008
2
1

Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, Nev.)
7/2009
1
1
Part-timer will be brought in to replace long-time librarian.
The Republican (Springfield, Mass.)1/12/2009
2
2

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia)4/2009
8
2
Need verification on numbers.
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colo.)
2/2009


Newspaper closed. Archives to Denver Public Library and Colorado Historical Society.
The Royal Gazette/Mid-Ocean Newspapers (Bermuda)7/29/2008
1
1

San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Tex.)
10/2007 and 3/2009
2
4

The San Diego Union-Tribune (San Diego, Calif.)
12/2006 - 5/2009
13
3
Includes 5 cuts through attrition.
San Francisco Chronicle (San Fancisco, Calif.)
12/2008 and 3/2009
4
2

San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.)
11/2005 - 6/2008
6
2

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, Wash.)
3/18/2009
2
0
Newspaper ceased operations.
Sporting News
7/2008
1
0
Research center closed.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Mo.)
2008 - 2009
7
4

St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.)

2
12

The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
5/2006 and 12/2008
6
4

The State (Columbia, S.C.)
1/2006 - 2/2008
3
0
Library positions eliminated through attrition. Archiving automated.
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
7/2008, 4/2009, 5/2009
4
3
Library dismantled.
Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.)
2005, 2006, 2009
4
2

Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Fla.)
5/27/09
5
3

Time, Inc.




Times-Herald Record ( Middletown , N.Y. )5/15/09
1
1

USA Today
12/2007 and 12/2008
9
4

Vancouver Sun / The Province (Vancouver, BC, Canada)12/2008 - 2/2009
4
6

Wall Street Journal (New York, N.Y.)
3/2009
2
0

Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
2006, 2008, 2009
9
7
Includes 2 positions lost through attrition.

Note: Positions are counted as a whole number whether they are/were full-time or part-time.

Please email Michelle Quigley with additions, edits, questions, etc.
Updated 11/16/2009