A version of this article was first published on April 26, 2020. It was last updated on Feb. 17, 2022.

It’s getting hard to keep track of the bad news about the news right now. But we have to. Here’s our attempt to collect the layoffs, furloughs, and closures to journalism in the United States. Please send tips. We’ll try to keep up.

In most cases, these entries link to previously reported stories. In some cases, where there are no links, we’re relying on tips to help show the full impact of this pandemic. 

One note: We haven’t figured out a way to track the loss of work for freelancers, but please read more about how the pandemic has hurt their livelihoods here. One more note: Nearly a year after first publishing this piece, we adjusted the lead and headline from “…layoffs, furloughs and closures caused by the coronavirus” to “…layoffs, furloughs and closures that happened during the coronavirus pandemic.” We want this list to reflect what happened to our industry, including layoffs that aren’t credited to the pandemic. We don’t yet know the full impact of the last year and want to capture as many changes as we can here. 

The latest:

• In December of 2021, the Philadelphia Free Press and University City Review went on hiatus. Both are owned by publishers Bob and Claudia Christian.
• The Omaha (Nebraska) World Herald laid off two people It is owned by Lee Enterprise.
• The Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch laid off three people. It is owned by Lee Enterprises.
• The Wall Street Journal will close its Bowling Green, Ohio printing plan. A Dow Jones printing plant in Highland, Illinois will also close, resulting in the loss of “a few dozen production and technology jobs.”
• Dotdash Meredith is ending the print publication of six magazines, including InStyle and Entertainment Weekly. The move includes 200 job cuts.

• Alabama The Anniston Star had one layoff, one early retirement and one employee stepped down. On April 24, 2020, North Jefferson News in Gardendale, Alabama, announced it was merging with sister paper The Cullman Times. Both are owned by CNHI. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns two newspapers in Alabama. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns three newspapers in Alabama. Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local owns seven newsrooms in Alabama. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns three newsrooms in Alabama. Alaska Sound Publishing, based in Washington state, laid off 70 people in its Washington and Alaska newsrooms. Sound Publishing owns 49 newsrooms, and the layoffs make up 20% of its workforce. Sound also suspended four print publications in Kitsap County and reduced staff. Arizona In April of 2020, the Herald/Review Media in Sierra Vista, Arizona cut down print frequency from five days to three. In May, The Douglas Dispatch in Douglas, the San Pedro Valley News-Sun in Benson, and the Arizona Range News in Willcox stopped publishing stand-alone newspapers and merged into a countywide edition of the Herald/Review. The three still maintain sites online. An editor position and several office positions were eliminated, Poynter has learned. The publications are owned by Wick Communications, which also implemented temporary furloughs and pay reductions. The Arizona Jewish Post closed in March of 2021. It was 75-years-old and owned by The Jewish Community Federation of Southern Arizona. The Post’s only remaining staffer was laid off. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns three newspapers in Arizona. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns two newspapers in Arizona. Community Impact Newspaper, which owns two publications in Arizona, laid off 21 people, Poynter has learned. Arkansas Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns eight newspapers in Arkansas. California Alt-weekly SF Weekly is going on a hiatus “indefinitely.” It is owned by San Francisco Media Examiner Company. In 2020 and through March of 2021, the Lodi (California) News-Sentinel laid off five people, four from the newsroom and one in design, Poynter has learned. The newsroom has also had 20% pay cuts since summer. It is owned by Central Valley News-Sentinel Inc. NBCU has laid off 130 employees in Los Angeles since the start of the year. Sacramento News & Review, and Chico News & Review suspended print and laid off staff. They resumed monthly print editions in July of 2020. Monterey County Weekly announced it had laid off seven employees. Three other staffers had salaries reduced, the CEO eliminated his salary and the publisher took a pay cut. Easy Reader News in Hermosa Beach laid off its entire staff, “returns to volunteer roots.” The Palo Alto Daily Post switched to a four-day-a-week printing schedule. Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group had layoffs and furloughs. Newsrooms include several in California. The San Jose Mercury News Guild tweeted “the entire sports staff of The Mercury News and East Bay Times are being furloughed.” There were also furloughs and layoffs at the 11 newspapers that make up Southern California News Group. The Mountain View Voice in Mountain View suspended print temporarily. The Los Angeles Times reported that parent company California Times closed three community newspapers and laid off 14 staff members. “Final editions of the Glendale News-Press and the Burbank Leader are planned for Saturday. The La Cañada Valley Sun sets April 23, 2020, with its final issue.” Those papers were later bought and  reopened by Outlook Newspapers. Seven McClatchy newspapers will move out of their newsrooms and work remotely for the rest of the year. They include The Modesto Bee, the Merced Sun-Star and The San Luis Obispo Tribune. The Argonaut, a weekly laid off staff. San Diego City Beat, an alt-weekly, has paused publication. KTVU in Oakland laid off four people. KQED in northern California laid off 20 people and reduced hours for other employees. California Sunday Magazine went online only and later closed.  The Appeal-Democrat in Marysville told readers it was moving to a five-day-a-week print schedule. The Appeal-Democrat told Poynter it laid off three positions (one was open) and hours were reduced by 20%. The San Francisco Examiner and SF Weekly announced cuts in hours and pay to staff. KPBS in San Diego had layoffs and a reduction in hours. KCRW in Santa Monica has had buyout offers, which 24 staff members have accepted. It’s an NPR affiliate. San Diego Magazine laid off nearly its whole staff. The Los Angeles Times had furloughs and pay cuts. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It has five newspapers in California. Bay Area News Group, which includes The Mercury News in San Jose and the East Bay Times in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties, had four more layoffs. It is owned by Alden’s MediaNews Group. The (Palm Springs) Desert Sun will close its printing plant and move production to Phoenix. About 36 people will lose their jobs. It is owned by Gannett. San Diego Home and Garden closed. It was 41 years old. California Sunday Magazine will stop publishing online, and 11 people from that publication and Pop-Up Magazine will be laid off. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 15 newspapers in California. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns one newspaper in California. The San Francisco Chronicle is offering buyouts. It is owned by Hearst. The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles is going online only. Colorado The (Grand Junction, Colorado) Daily Sentinel will outsource its printing. The number of people who will lose their jobs was not disclosed. The Durango  Herald laid off five people from its news and advertising departments. It is owned by Ballantine Communications. Aspen Daily News furloughed reporters. Left Hand Valley Courier in Niwot dropped print and is going online. Boulder Weekly furloughed some staff and cut freelancers. The Denver Post laid off 13. It is owned by MediaNews Group. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It has six newspapers in Colorado. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns eight newspapers in Colorado. Connecticut The Hartford Courant will close its printing plant and outsource the work to Springfield. That move will cost 151 jobs. The Courant later announced that it’s closing its office. Employees will work remotely. It is owned by Tribune Publishing. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns one newspaper in Connecticut. Tribune Publishing announced permanent pay cuts of between 2% and 10% and executives will take pay cuts. It also had furloughs. Tribune owns one newsroom in Connecticut. Delaware Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Delaware. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns seven newspapers in Delaware. Florida The (Sarasota, Florida) Herald Tribune is closing its printing plant, resulting in the loss of 95 jobs, 42 full-time and 53 part-time. The Tribune and two other Gannett newspapers will be printing at another Florida Gannett location. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns 13 newsrooms in Florida. The Tampa Bay Times, which Poynter owns, is eliminating 150 jobs as it closes its printing plant. The work will be outsources to the Lakeland Ledger, a Gannett newspaper. The Times announced that Times employees will take temporary pay cuts of 10% for up to six months. The Suwannee Democrat in Live Oak, The Jasper News in Jasper, and The Mayo Free Press in Mayo, all merged with the Valdosta Daily Times in Valdosta, Georgia. They’re owned by CNHI. JVC Broadcasting furloughed some employees. JVC has stations in New York and Florida. The Tampa Bay Times, which Poynter owns, laid off 11 journalists, noting the cuts were expected since February of 2020. On March 30, the Times reported it was eliminating five days of print and furloughing some non-newsroom staff. Creative Loafing in Tampa laid off seven employees. Orlando Weekly laid off 13 people.  Miami Herald is closing HCP Media, a custom publishing subsidiary focused on travel and tourism. It cut 19 jobs. The Herald also cut 12 jobs in advertising. It is owned by McClatchy. Seven McClatchy newspapers will move out of their newsrooms and work remotely for the rest of the year. They include the Miami Herald. Tribune Publishing is closing several newsroom buildings, including the Orlando Sentinel. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 34 newspapers in Florida. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It has 12 newspapers in Florida. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It has 12 newspapers in Florida. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns two newspapers in Florida. Tribune Publishing announced permanent pay cuts of between 2% and 10% and executives will take pay cuts. It also had furloughs. Tribune owns two newsrooms in Florida. Georgia The Atlanta Journal Constitution will close its Gwinnett County print production plant in 2022. Ninety seven full-time and 119 part-time employees will lose their jobs. The Gainesville Times will take over the AJC’s printing. The AJC is owned by Cox Enterprises. The Gainesville Times is owned by Metro Market Media. The Jessup Press-Sentinel had cuts in hours and pay. Atlanta Magazine laid off six staffers. It is owned by Hour Media Group. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 10 newspapers in Georgia. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns two newspapers in Georgia. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns six newsrooms in Georgia. Southern Community Newspapers Inc. had layoffs and pay cuts. It owns seven newsrooms in Georgia. Community Impact Newspaper closed its Atlanta edition. Hawaii The Honolulu Star-Advertiser furloughed and cut hours for some staff. The Star-Advertiser also cut its Saturday print edition. It also announced it would cut 29 positions. After an agreement with the guild, it cut 12. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It has two newspapers in Hawaii. Idaho Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns 22 newsrooms in Idaho. The Independent-Enterprise in Payette closed on June 24, 2020. It is owned by Wick Communications. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns one newspaper in Idaho. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns one newspaper in Idaho. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns two newspapers in Idaho. Illinois The (Decatur) Illinois Herald & Review is moving to a new location. It has been in its current building since 1976. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. In February of 2021, the sale of the (Quincy, Illinois) Herald Whig and the (Hannibal, Missouri) Courier Post led to the loss of 23 jobs. The two papers were owned by Quincy Newspapers, Inc. They’re now owned by Phillips Media Inc. Three people were laid off at NBC Sports Chicago. The Chicago Tribune will move out of downtown Chicago building and into the newspaper’s printing plant. It is owned by Tribune Publishing. The Daily Herald cut pay. 22nd Century Media, which published community newspapers in the Chicago suburbs, went out of business. The Chicago Reader will now print every two weeks instead of weekly. WLS, an ABC-owned station in Chicago, cut four full-time positions and one part-time position. Chicago Public Media, the parent company of WBEZ in Chicago, laid off 12 people. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns one newspaper in Illinois. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It owns one newspaper in Illinois. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 23 newspapers in Illinois. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns five newspapers in Illinois. Tribune Publishing announced permanent pay cuts of between 2% and 10% and executives will take pay cuts. It also had furloughs. Tribune owns one newsroom in Illinois. Shaw Media cut some print. Shaw also had layoffs and furloughs, Poynter learned. Shaw owns more than 100 publications in Illinois and Iowa. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It has three newsrooms in Illinois. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph laid off two people, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The (Decatur) Herald & Review laid off one person, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. Indiana The Kokomo (Indiana) Perspective closed. It was founded in 1989 and is owned by Brian Oaks. The South Bend (Indiana) Tribune laid off two people, a sports reporter and a staff librarian. The Tribune is owned by Gannett. The Dubois County (Indiana) Herald was sold by the Rumbach family to Paxton Media Group in July of 2020. The Chesterton (Indiana) Tribune stopped printing on Dec. 30, 2020. A note to said the 136-year-old paper would continue online. It has not updated since Dec. 31. It is independently owned. The Mount Vernon (Indiana) Democrat closed. It was 153 years old and owned by Landmark Community Newspapers. The Daily Clintonian in western Indiana stopped publishing and closed in April of 2020, but was purchased and reopened by Heartland Media Group and operates as a Facebook page. The Zionsville Times-Sentinel merged with The Lebanon Reporter and cut print from five days to three. Both are owned by CNHI. The Rushville Republican in Rushville merged with the Greensburg Daily News in Greensburg. It is owned by CNHI. The Batesville Herald Tribune in Batesville merged with the Greensburg Daily News in Greensburg. It is owned by CNHI. NUVO, a 30-year-old alt-magazine in Indianapolis, closed. It later announced it would reopen as online-only. The Kokomo Tribune will cut down to five days of print a week. It is owned by CNHI. The Elkhart Truth laid off a reporter, an editor and an advertising employee. It also had furloughs, a reduction in hours and cut one day of print, Poynter learned. It is owned by Paxton Media Group. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 15 newspapers in Indiana. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns one newspaper in Indiana. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns one newspaper in Indiana. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns nine newsrooms in Indiana. Iowa In February of 2021, the Sidney (Iowa) Argus Herald closed permanently. The family-owned weekly began as the the Fremont County Herald in 1885. The Cedar Rapids Gazette will close its printing press. Thirty four full-time and eight part-time employees will lose their jobs. The AP reports that The Gazette, Southeast Iowa Union, Washington Evening Journal, Mt. Pleasant News, Fairfield Ledger, PennySaver and The Shopper will be printed by Gannett in Des Moines. The Gazette is owned by Folience. The Sioux City Journal laid off two people, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Progress Review, a family owned newspaper in La Porte City, Iowa, closed in November. It was 127 years old. In Iowa, The Oskaloosa Herald and The Daily Iowegian stopped Thursday publication. The Pella Chronicle and The Oskaloosa Herald merged. Both are owned by CNHI. The Journal Express merged with The Oskaloosa Herald. Both are owned by CNHI. The New Sharon Sun closed on June 18, 2020. It is owned by Mid-America Publishing. The Keota Eagle closed June 17, 2020. It is merging with The News-Review. Both are owned by Mid-America Publishing. The Tama News-Herald and Toledo Chronicle merged, creating The Tama-Toledo News Chronicle. Two people were laid off and two open positions were eliminated. It is owned by Ogden Newspapers. The Gladbrook Northern-Sun Print and the Reinbeck Courier merged, creating the Sun Courier. It is owned by Ogden Newspapers. The Traer Star-Clipper and the Dysart Reporter merged, creating the North Tama Telegraph. It is owned by Ogden Newspapers. The Daily Iowegian will merge with the Ottumwa Courier. Both are owned by CNHI. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 11 newspapers in Iowa. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It owns four newspapers in Iowa. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns 14 newspapers in Iowa. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns three newsrooms in Iowa. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns 10 newspapers in Iowa. Shaw Media cut some print. Shaw also had layoffs and furloughs, Poynter learned. Shaw owns more than 100 publications in Illinois and Iowa. The Quad-City Times laid off at least one person, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. Kansas The Rural Messenger in Haven told Poynter five staffers have been furloughed and it temporarily dropped print. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 20 newspapers in Kansas. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns one newspaper in Kansas. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns four newspapers in Kansas. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Kansas. Kentucky The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier Journal is closing its printing plant and 102 people will lose their jobs. The Courier Journal will be published in Indianapolis and Knoxville, which are also Gannett newsrooms. The Journal is also selling its building. The Paducah Sun told readers that it’s dropping its Saturday print edition “for the foreseeable future.” McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns one newspaper in Kentucky. The Morehead News in Morehead merged with the Daily Independent in Ashland. It is owned by CNHI. The Grayson Journal Times in Grayson merged with the Daily Independent in Ashland. It is owned by CNHI. The Greenup County News-Times in Greenup merged with the Daily Independent in Ashland. It is owned by CNHI. The Glasgow Daily Times in Glasgow, Kentucky told readers it was going online only and closing its building. A newsroom staffer tweeted that staff had all been terminated. It hasn’t posted any news since September. It is owned by CNHI. Wayne County Outlook converted to digital only. It is owned by CNHI. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns three newspapers in Kentucky. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It owns 23 newspapers in Kentucky. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns seven newsrooms in Kentucky. Louisiana The Times-Picayune/nola.com/The Advocate in New Orleans announced a temporary furlough of 10% of its workforce. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 12 newspapers in Louisiana. Maine Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns two weeklies in Maine. Maryland The Hagerstown (Maryland) Herald-Mail building has sold. A new building hasn’t yet been purchased. The Herald=Mail is owned by Gannett. The Bowie (Maryland) Blade-News has closed. It is owned by Alden Global Capital. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns 18 newsrooms in Maryland. Tribune Publishing is closing several newsroom buildings, including the (Annapolis Capital Gazette and the (Westminster) Carroll County Times. Pittsburgh Magazine laid off most of its staff. It is owned by Wiesner Media. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns three newspapers in Maryland. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns one newspaper in Maryland. Tribune Publishing announced permanent pay cuts of between 2% and 10% and executives will take pay cuts. It also had furloughs. Tribune owns one newsroom in Maryland. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Maryland. Massachusetts The Middleboro (Massachusetts) Gazette and Middleboro Gazette Extra will stop publishing in print. They are owned by Gannett. The Stoneham (Massachusetts) Sun-Advocate has closed. It was owned by Gannett. The Sandwich Broadsider and The Bourne Courier in Massachusetts have closed. Both were owned by Gannett. The Melrose (Massachusetts) Free Press published its final print edition. It was owned by Gannett. The Hudson Sun and the Marlborough Enterprise in Massachusetts have closed. They were owned by Gannett. In April of 2020, the Berkshire Record closed. It was 31 years old and owned by Limestone Communications. The Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts cut the position and job of its editor-in-chief and laid off at least seven other people in December. It is owned by Newspapers of New England. Northampton, Massachusetts’ Daily Hampshire Gazette had layoffs, suspended Hampshire Life and published the last print edition of the Valley Advocate until the end of April 2020. It is owned by Newspapers of New England. DigBoston suspended print publication. It resumed them in June 2020. It is owned by Dig Publishing LLC. The Gloucester Daily Times announced it was cutting Tuesday and Saturday print. It is owned by CNHI. The Boston Herald, which is owned by MediaNews Group, had a second round of layoffs. About half a dozen were cut in the first round. WBUR in Boston laid off 29 people. It is owned by Boston University. The Jewish Advocate in Boston has suspended publication. Metro Corp. laid off eight employees and furloughed another 13 at Philadelphia Magazine and Boston Magazine combined. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 93 newspapers in Massachusetts. Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local owns two newsrooms in Massachusetts. CNHI had pay cuts and furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns six newsrooms in Massachusetts. Those pay cuts were later restored. Michigan In July of 2020, the Boyne City (Michigan) Gazette closed. It was owned by publisher Christopher Faulkner. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Michigan. MetroTimes in Detroit laid off eight staffers. It is owned by Euclid Media Group. MLive Media Group closed its Grand Rapids printing facility, resulting in the loss of 71 jobs. It is owned by Advance Publications. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 21 newspapers in Michigan. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns 10 newspapers in Michigan. Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local owns six newsrooms in Michigan. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Michigan. Minnesota International Falls (Minnesota) Journal, a weekly newspaper, will close and stop publishing on June 24, 2021. It was 110 years old and owned by MediaNews Group. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns 76 publications in Minnesota. In May of 2020, CNHI closed Home Magazine in Mankato, Minnesota. It was 50 years old. Six people lost their jobs. Forum News Service reported layoffs and the end of Monday and Friday print in its “more than two-dozen newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.” The Hastings Star Gazette, a weekly owned by Forum Communications Company, closed. It reopened online in August of 2021 after it was bought by O’Rourke Media Group. The Bulletin of Woodbury and Cottage Grove, a weekly owned by Forum Communications Company, closed. Lake County News Chronicle in Two Harbors published its last issue on May 22, 2020. It is owned by Forum Communications Company. The Duluth News Tribune will cut down to two print days a week. It will be sent via mail. Circulation and delivery jobs will be cut. It is owned by Forum Communications. American Public Media announced buyouts and furloughs, including at MPR News in Minnesota. Fourteen people took voluntary buyouts and the same number took voluntary furloughs. Later, Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media laid off 28 people. Eden Prairie News and Lakeshore Weekly News in Minnesota announced it will stop publishing.They are owned by Southwest News Media. In the fall, Eden Prarie Local News, a nonprofit, launched. The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune has had four days of furloughs in both quarter two and quarter three for newsroom and non-newsroom employees, excluding production plant employees and fleet drivers, The Star Tribune told Poynter. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns nine newspapers in Minnesota. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns six newspapers in Minnesota. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns one newspaper in Minnesota. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns three newsrooms in Minnesota. City Pages, the Twin Cities free alt-weekly, has closed. 30 people will lose their jobs. Southwest Journal, a neighborhood newspaper in Minneapolis, will stop publishing at the end of the year. It is owned by Minnesota Premier Publications. It laid off its reporting team at the end of October. The company will also close Minnesota Parent and Minnesota Good Age magazines. Aitkin Independent Age in Aitkin has lost two full time and one part time reporting positions, down from three total, and one position in the front office. Remaining staff work no more than 30 hours a week, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Adams Publishing Group. Mississippi The Bolivar Commercial in Cleveland closed at the end of April of 2020. It is owned by Walls Newspapers. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns two newspapers in Mississippi. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns one newspaper in Mississippi. CNHI had layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Mississippi. Missouri The (Gallatin, Missouri) North Missourian has closed. It was 157 years old and owned by Gallatin Publishing Company. Riverfront Times in St. Louis laid off seven. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 19 newspapers in Missouri. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns two newspapers in Missouri. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Missouri. St. Louis Public Radio had layoffs and pay cuts, Poynter has learned. The layoffs include three full-time positions and two part-time positions. The St. Louis Post Dispatch eliminated a digital sports editor position, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns one newspaper in Missouri. Ladue News, a lifestyle magazine in St. Louis, laid off at least one person, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Kansas City Star is leaving its downtown offices and printing plant, resulting in 124 job cuts. The Star, which is owned by McClatchy, will be printed by the Des Moines Register, which is owned by Gannett. Montana The Billings (Montana) Gazette is selling its downtown headquarters. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The newspaper hasn’t announced where it will move next, but if the printing press is sold with the building, “it would likely cause the elimination of press-related jobs.” Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns 10 publications in Montana. The Billings (Montana) Gazette lost four people in news to buyouts. Earlier in the year, three other positions were eliminated. The Gazette is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Great Falls Tribune shut down its printing press, ending 21 jobs. It will print in Helena. It is owned by Gannett. Gannett also had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. The Tribune is the only newspaper Gannett owns in Montana. The (Missoula) Missoulian laid off two people, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns five newspapers in Montana. Nebraska Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns two newspapers in Nebraska. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns 12 newspapers in Nebraska. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It owns one newspaper in Nebraska. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Nebraska. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald laid off two people, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Omaha World Herald laid off one person. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Grand Island Independent laid off one person, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. Nevada The Believer, a literary magazine from Black Mountain Institute in Nevada, will stop publishing in the spring of 2022. Reno News & Review suspended print and laid off staff. it resumed monthly print editions in July of 2020. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns one newspaper in Nevada. New Hampshire Valley News, which covers the Upper Valley region in Vermont and New Hampshire, announced layoffs, a cut in hours and pay. It is owned by Newspapers of New England. The Nashua Telegraph ended all but Sunday print. It is owned by Ogden Newspapers. The New Hampshire Union Leader furloughed 24 employees. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns five newspapers in New Hampshire. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns one newspaper in New Hampshire. CNHI had layoffs furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns two newsrooms in New Hampshire. New Jersey The Staten Island Advance is selling its building, moving to a new one and its press operations will be consolidated with other papers in New Jersey. It is owned by Advance Publications. North Jersey Jewish News closed. It was 74 years old. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 13 newspapers in New Jersey. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns two newspapers in New Jersey. Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local owns 11 newsrooms in New Jersey. New Mexico Weekly Alibi in Albuquerque had layoffs, Poynter learned, and later closed in September of 2020. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns seven newspapers in New Mexico. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It owns two newspapers in New Mexico. New York Gannett is closing six weekly newsrooms in upstate New York: Ontario Post; Monroe Post South; Monroe Post West; Monroe Post North; Wayne Post; and Wayne County Pennysaver. Bklyner, a local news site in Brooklyn, New York that was founded in 2016, will close Sept. 10. Liena Zagare is the editor and publisher. WNYC laid off 14 people, including the editor-in-chief of the news site Gothamist. The layoffs made up 4% of staff. In April of 2020, The (Saratoga Springs, New York) Saratogian cut one position, Poynter has learned, and its owner, MediaNews Group, closed the Saratoga office space. The Saratogian is still publishing both online and in print. Schneps Media, which owns about 50 community newspapers, furloughed or laid off more than 30 people. The New York Post had furloughs and laid off 20 staffers at the end of April 2020. Three months later, in July, the Post cut 5% of its staff. It is owned by News Corp. The Niagara Gazette cut down to five print days a week. It is owned by CNHI. The New York Times cut 68 jobs, mostly in advertising. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 29 newspapers in New York. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns seven newspapers in New York. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns three newspapers in New York. Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local has two newsrooms in New York. Tribune Publishing announced permanent pay cuts of between 2% and 10% and executives will take pay cuts. It also had furloughs. Tribune owns one newsroom in New York. Tribune is also closing several newsroom buildings, including the New York Daily News. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns five newsrooms in New York. News Corps will start printing The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and Barron’s at The New York Times’ plant in Queens. The move could cost as many as 400 people at the current plan their jobs. Jewish Week told Poynter that as a direct result of the coronavirus, it laid off two full-time employees and one part-time employee. Buffalo-Toronto Public Media laid off three people and ended contracts with two. The Glens Falls Post-Star laid off two people, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Kingston Daily Freeman laid off four. It is owned by MediaNews Group. North Carolina CNHI bought the Transylvania Times in Brevard, North Carolina. Previously, it was owned for 80 years by The Transylvania Times, Inc., a family company. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns 22 newsrooms in North Carolina. The (Raleigh, North Carolina) News & Observer and the (Durham, North Carolina) Herald-Sun will close its printing press. The closure will mean the end of 48 full-time jobs and 33 part-time jobs. Both papers are owned by McClatchy. The work will be outsourced to The Fayetteville (North Carolina) Observer, which is owned by Gannett. The (Asheboro, North Carolina) Courier-Tribune is selling its building and property and will relocate. It is owned by Gannett. The Washington Daily News in Washington cut down to printing twice a week. It is owned by Boone Newspapers. The (Greensboro) News & Record laid off at least five people, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Winston-Salem Journal laid off at least three people, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. Mountain Xpress in Asheville laid off seven and had pay cuts. Seven McClatchy newspapers will move out of their newsrooms and work remotely for the rest of the year. They include The Charlotte Observer. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 17 newspapers in North Carolina. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns eight newspapers in North Carolina. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns three newspapers in North Carolina. North Dakota The (Fargo-Moorhead, North Dakota) Forum, The Jamestown (North Dakota) Sun, the Grand Forks (North Dakota ) Herald and (Fargo, North Dakota) Agweek will close their printing plant in Fargo, resulting in the loss of 21 full-time and 14-part-time employees. All four publications will be printed in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and are owned by Forum Communications. The Forum (Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorehead, Minnesota) will cut to two print days a week and use the mail to deliver the newspaper, eliminating carrier jobs and most of circulation. It is owned by Forum Communications. Forum News Service reported layoffs and the end of Monday and Friday print in its “more than two-dozen newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.” KFGO in Fargo has cut two positions, one a vacancy and one a layoff, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Midwest Communications, Inc. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns one newspaper in North Dakota. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns two newspapers in North Dakota. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns one newspaper in North Dakota. Ohio The (Akron, Ohio) Devil Strip, a community magazine, has closed. The staff of 10 was laid off. The Devil Strip was a co-op. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns eight newsrooms in Ohio. Among those taking the most recent Gannett buyouts were 11 people from The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Poynter has learned. CityBeat in Cincinnati had furloughs and pay cuts. Cleveland Scene laid off five staffers. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 56 newspapers in Ohio. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns 13 newspapers in Ohio. Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local owns two newsrooms in Ohio. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Ohio. Mount Vernon News, which was locally owned, was sold to Metric Media LLC, cut down to two print days a week and took down its paywall online. The new owner has been criticized for “political messaging’ and that they are ‘partisan outlets masquerading as local news organizations.’” Three copy editors took buyouts at the Columbus Dispatch, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Gannett. The Chillicothe Gazette will move out of its building in September. It is owned by Gannett. Oklahoma The Edmond Sun told readers “effective May 6 (2020,) The Edmond Sun will merge with our sister newspaper, The Norman Transcript.” They are owned by CNHI. Oklahoma Gazette in Oklahoma City paused print publication. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns one newspaper in Oklahoma. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 10 newspapers in Oklahoma. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns 14 newsrooms in Oklahoma. The Tulsa World laid off 10 people. It previously laid off seven from its design desk. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. Oregon In June of 2020, The (Reedsport, Oregon) Umpqua Post stopped publishing. It is owned by Country Media Inc. In February of 2021, The (Coos Bay, Oregon) World put its building up for sale. It is owned by Country Media Inc. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns seven publications in Oregon. In November of 2020, publication of the Dead Mountain Echo in Oakridge, Oregon was suspended “due to the illness of the former publisher.” In April of 2020, The (Ontario, Oregon) Argus Observer suspended its Thursday print publication. It continues printing four days a week. The (Eugene, Oregon) Register-Guard is closing its printing plant in March of 2021, resulting in the loss of 49 people’s jobs. It will be published by Vancouver, Washington-based Columbian Publishing Company. The Register-Guard is owned by Gannett. The Portland Mercury announced it was temporarily cutting print and had temporarily laid off 10 staffers. The (La Grande) Observer reported layoffs from parent company EO Media Group. “EO Media Group, the parent company of The Observer, Baker City Herald and 11 other newspapers across Oregon, announced on Wednesday it is laying off 47 employees.” East Oregonian reported its parent company, EO Media, laid off 47. Pamplin Media Group, which owns the Portland Tribune and other community newspapers, had about 40 layoffs, 20 from newsrooms. It also cut employee hours by 60%. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns three newspapers in Oregon. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns three newspapers in Oregon. Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local owns one newsroom in Oregon. The Philomath Express closed and laid off one person. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. Digital Trends in Portland laid off 17 people. Bandon Western World, a weekly in Bandon, closed in July of 2020. It is owned by Country Media. Pennsylvania In April of 2020, the Reading (Pennsylvania) Eagle laid off 10, Poynter had learned. In June of 2021, it laid off another six people. The Eagle is owned by MediaNews Group. The Philadelphia Inquirer is offering buyouts and has a goal of 40 people accepting them. A few people already have. The Inquirer’s Guild notes layoffs will not result if the goal isn’t met. Last year, three reporters were laid off at the Philadelphia Tribune in April. They were rehired in May, Poynter has learned. Since the start of the pandemic, seven editorial positions have gone unfilled. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s printing plant has been sold, 500 people will lose their jobs. The Inquirer is owned by Lenfest Institute. Trib Total Media combined two print editions and laid off staff. The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre laid off three from the newsroom, Poynter learned, plus positions in pre-press, circulation and advertising. It also cut down to four days a week of print. The Press & Journal in Dauphin County, published its final edition on July 3, 2020. It was 166 years old. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns one newspaper in Pennsylvania. Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local owns two newsrooms in Pennsylvania. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns 12 newspapers in Pennsylvania. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns one newspaper in Pennsylvania. Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local owns one newsroom in Pennsylvania. Metro Corp. laid off eight employees and furloughed another 13 at Philadelphia Magazine and Boston Magazine combined. Mid-Atlantic Media, which contracts with Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia, laid off one person from that newsroom and reassigned another to a different newsroom, Poynter learned. The Philadelphia Public Record announced it was going on hiatus on April 2. The (Carlisle) Sentinel laid off one person and eliminated two open positions, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Philadelphia Inquirer is closing its printing plant, which will result in the loss of 500 jobs. The Inquirer will contract production with a Gannett newspaper in New Jersey. Tribune Publishing is closing several newsroom buildings, including The (Allentown) Morning Call. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 17 newspapers in Pennsylvania. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns seven newsrooms in Pennsylvania. Tribune Publishing announced permanent pay cuts of between 2% and 10% and executives will take pay cuts. It also had furloughs. Tribune owns one newsroom in Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Inquirer will lay off five people. It is owned by the Lenfest Institute. Puerto Rico GFR Media laid off 85 people in a reorganization. Rhode Island The Providence (Rhode Island) Journal is selling its printing plant. It is owned by Gannett. The Warwick Beacon in Rhode Island cut one publication day to become a weekly and had eight layoffs, including the publisher. Providence Business News suspended its print edition. It resumed print on Sept. 5. RI Suburban Newspapers laid off employees, reduced the hours of others and cut publication days for the Narragansett Times. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns two newspapers in Rhode Island. South Carolina The Post and Courier in Charleston laid off four people, Poynter learned. The (Bamberg) Advertizer-Herald is closing. It’s owned by Trib Publications. At least seven people were laid off. The Holly Hill Observer is closing. It’s owned by Trib Publications. The Santee Striper is closing. It’s owned by Trib Publications. A total of two people were laid off from the Striper and Observer. The Union Times closed. It is owned by Champion Media. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns two newspapers in South Carolina. Seven McClatchy newspapers will move out of their newsrooms and work remotely for the rest of the year. They include The State in Columbia. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns eight newspapers in South Carolina. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns five newspapers in South Carolina. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It owns four newspapers in South Carolina. The Observer, a 39-year-old weekly in Ware Shoals, has closed. It was independently owned. South Dakota Forum News Service reported layoffs and the end of Monday and Friday print in its “more than two-dozen newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.” The De Smet News in De Smet closed, and The Lake Preston Times in Lake Preston closed. But community volunteers took over and combined them to create the Kingsbury Journal. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns one newspaper in South Dakota. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns four newspapers in South Dakota. Tennessee The Chattanooga Times Free Press will stop printing every day but Sunday by mid-2022 and convert subscribers to iPads. The Times Free Press is owned by WEHCO Media Inc., which also owns the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns 10 publications in Tennessee. The Jackson (Tennessee) Sun and the Memphis (Tennessee) Commercial Appeal will close its printing plant at the end of January 2021, resulting in the loss of 23 people’s jobs. It will be printed by the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi. All three are owned by Gannett. The Pulse in Chattanooga suspended publication. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns nine newspapers in Tennessee. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It owns three newspapers in Tennessee. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns one newsroom in Tennessee. Community Impact Newspaper, which has newsrooms in Tennessee, laid off 21 people, Poynter has learned. It closed its southwest Nashville edition. Texas The McGregor (Texas) Mirror will close. The decision came after the death of the editor of the 117-year-old family owned newspaper. The Ranger, the student publication at San Antonio College, will stop publishing in December. It was 95 years old. The El Paso Times will move its print production to Paso del Norte Publishing in Juarez in October. The Times did not note how many people would lose their jobs. It is owned by Gannett. The (Waco, Texas) Tribune-Herald will relocate from its home for the last 70 years. Chip and Joanna Gaines of HGTV fame will buy the building and convert it into their new headquarters. The Tribune-Herald is owned by Lee Enterprises. In April of 2020, the publisher of three weekly newspapers in Texas died in a car accident. Following her death, Castroville News Bulletin, Medina Valley Times, and the Lytle Leader-News all closed. The San Antonio Current laid off 10 employees. M Roberts Media, with six newspapers in Texas, cut Monday print editions and instituted temporary pay cuts for employees making $30,000 or more, Poynter learned. The Daily News in Galveston cut down to five days of print. The Facts in Clute cut down to five days of print. The Merkel Mail closed. It started in 1890 and was locally owned. Mineral Wells Index in Mineral Wells closed. It is owned by CNHI. Gannett closed the Edinburg Review and the Valley Town Crier in McAllen. M Roberts Media cut several positions in a restructuring, including the editor of the Longview News-Journal and the editor of the Victoria Advocate. Community Impact Newspaper, which has 21 publications in Texas, laid off 21 people, Poynter has learned. It closed Las Colinas-Valley Ranch-Coppell edition in the Dallas metro area. Austin Chronicle went to an every-other-week print schedule. The Dallas Morning News had pay cuts. Pay was then restored for people making $60,000 or less, which makes up more than half the company, Poynter has learned. Houston Public Media eliminated eight positions and, at least for now, cut 15 part-time staffers. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns one newspaper in Texas. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns three newspapers in Texas. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns 12 newsrooms in Texas. D Magazine in Dallas reported layoffs and salary cuts. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns 25 newspapers in Texas. The Houston Chronicle is offering buyouts. It is owned by Hearst. Sixty two employees at the San Antonio Express-News took voluntary buyouts, “including 11 newsroom staffers and 36 print production workers.” Utah Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns two newsrooms in Utah. The Provo Daily Herald stopped printing its Sunday edition. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns one newspaper in Utah. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns three newspapers in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News will both switch from seven days of print to one. The two Utah papers end their joint operating agreement, resulting in the closure of the print facility that serves both and the end of 161 jobs and another 18 layoffs, including six journalists, from the Deseret News. In July, The (Park City) Park Record laid off at least two people, Poynter has learned. It is owned by Swift Communications. Vermont In early May 2021, New England Newspapers, Inc. sold three Vermont publications: The Brattleboro Reformer, Bennington Banner and Manchester Journal to Vermont News and Media LLC. The new company planned to hire all Vermont employees from the sale. The Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus laid off 20 employees and temporarily cut print down from five days to three. They rehired some newsroom employees and returned to five days of print in June 2020. Seven Days laid off seven employees. Three weeklies, the Milton Independent, Essex Reporter and Colchester Sun, had temporarily cut print. The 13-year-old Waterbury Record reported it printed its last edition. The Bennington Banner will cut its Monday print product. Valley News, which covers the Upper Valley region in Vermont and New Hampshire, announced layoffs, a cut in hours and pay. VTDigger, a nonprofit digital news site, announced its first three layoffs since launching 10 years ago. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns one newspaper in Vermont. In July, Vermont Community Newspaper Group laid off three people, or one-third of its editorial staff. It previously laid off two positions and combined two positions after a retirement. VTCNG includes five weeklies. Virginia Style Weekly, Richmond, Virginia’s alt-weekly, stopped publishing after its Sept. 8, 2021 edition. It is owned by Alden Global Capital. Nine people were laid off from the Roanoke Times. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns two newsrooms in Virginia. The Roanoke (Virginia) Times has put its office building up for sale. The Fauquier Times in Warrenton announced layoffs, reduced hours and furloughs. The Henrico Citizen in Henrico County announced it was stopping its twice-monthly print edition for April 2020 “and possibly beyond.” C-ville Weekly in Charlottesville laid off one third of its staff. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns 13 newspapers in Virginia. Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns six newspapers in Virginia. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns six newspapers in Virginia. Tribune Publishing announced permanent pay cuts of between 2% and 10% and executives will take pay cuts. It also had furloughs. Tribune owns two newsrooms in Virginia. Landmark Community Newspapers had a cut in hours. It owns three newspapers in Virginia. The Daily Progress in Charlottesville is laying off its four-person copy desk. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Roanoke Times will lay off 10 people from its copy desk. The Times is owned by Lee Enterprises, which is consolidating design work. The (Lynchburg) News & Advance laid off five people. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The (Fredericksburg) Free Lance-Star laid off one person. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The Richmond Times-Dispatch laid off at least five people. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress laid off two people. It will lay off its four-person copy desk in October. It later laid off two editors. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The (Newport News) Daily Press will permanently close its office. It is owned by Tribune Publishing. Washington The (Ocean Shores, Washington) North Coast News closed in March of 2020. It is owned by Sound Publishing. The (Montesano, Washington) Vidette closed in April of 2020. It is owned by Sound Publishing. Westside Seattle, a merger of the West Seattle Herald and the Ballard News-Tribune, will close. It is owned by Robinson Communications. Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide, Poynter has learned. It owns nine publications in Washington. The Stranger in Seattle temporarily suspended print and laid off 18 staffers. “The Stranger has never had to do mass layoffs before, nor have we ever not put out our print edition, with the exception of the one week we skipped in 2017 when we reconceptualized the print edition as a biweekly.” (Also, read Joshua Benton’s collection of alt news in Nieman Lab. It’s extensive.) Inlander in Spokane has layoffs. Washington Times instituted 10% pay cuts and most freelance contracts were suspended, Poynter learned. Sound Publishing in Washington state laid off 70 people in its Washington and Alaska newsrooms. Sound Publishing owns 49 newsrooms, and the layoffs make up 20% of its workforce. Sound also suspended four print publications in Kitsap County and reduced staff. Hours were cut for Tennessee-based Adams Publishing Group, which owns nine Washington papers, including dailies The Skagit Valley Herald and The Ellensburg Daily Record. McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It owns four newspapers in Washington. Sound Publishing “which owns 43 titles across the state including the Everett Daily Herald and the Peninsula Daily News,” had layoffs and furloughs. The Seattle Times will have a cut in hours and pay. The Spokesman-Review in Spokane announced it’s dropping its Saturday print edition “for the first time in more than a century.” Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns one newspaper in Washington. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns one newspaper in Washington, West Virginia Gannett had furloughs and cost reductions. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. It owns three newspapers in West Virginia. Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees companywide, Poynter has learned. It owns 12 newspapers in West Virginia. CNHI had furloughs, Poynter has learned. It owns six newsrooms in West Virginia. Wisconsin In August of 2020, Ledger Newspapers, made up of Polk County Ledger Press, St. Croix Falls Standard Press and Luck Enterprise Press, closed. The Wisconsin papers were owned by Ledger Publications, Inc. In March of 2020, Isthmus, a weekly in Madison, Wisconsin, announced it had to “go dark for an undetermined amount of time.” In November, it announced it applied for nonprofit status.  Shepherd Express in Milwaukee suspended its print edition. The Janesville Gazette will stop printing on Saturday and Sunday. The Washburn County Register in Shell Lake will close at the end of September. It’s owned by the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association. Forum News Service reported layoffs and the end of Monday and Friday print in its “more than two-dozen newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.” The Capital Times in Madison announced furloughs and pay cuts. Capital Newspapers in Madison laid off at least one person, Poynter has learned. It is co-owned by Lee Enterprises and The Capital Times Company. Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns six newspapers in Wisconsin. Wyoming Adams Publishing Group cut pay and hours for employees company-wide. It owns seven publications in Wyoming. In August, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s newsroom union filed charges against APG for “violating its labor agreement by reducing the union workers’ hours without bargaining.” Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives. It owns one newspaper in Wyoming. The Casper Star Tribune laid off 1 person. It is owned by Lee Enterprises.

National, Washington D.C. and multi-state

• Gannett is selling 20 newspapers to CherryRoad Media Inc. According to the News and Tech newsletter, they are: In Kansas – Pratt Tribune, Kiowa County Signal, Hiawatha Penny Press, Butler County Times-Gazette, McPherson Sentinel, Leavenworth Times, Wellington Daily News, Dodge City Daily Globe, Newton Kansan, Garden City Telegram, St. John News, Hays Daily News, Ottawa Herald; In Nebraska – Nebraska City News Press, Syracuse Journal-Democrat; In Iowa – Hamburg Reporter; And in Missouri – Independence Examiner, Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Boonville Daily News and Linn County Leader.
• Marie Claire magazine will end its U.S. print edition. It was owned by Hearst and recently sold to Future Media.
• Vice had layoffs, including employees from Vice Digital and Refinery29. According to the Hollywood Reporter, fewer than 20 people were laid off.
• Gannett has sold more than 20 local publications back to local owners.
• MEL Magazine, which closed in March of 2021 has been acquired by Recurrent Ventures and will reopen. According to Axios, 18 of the previous 24 staff will be rehired.
• Tribune Publishing, just recently bought by Alden Global Capital, offered buyouts to employees of Tribune papers, including the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and the Orlando Sentinel.
• Paxton Media Group bought Landmark Community Newspapers. Landmark has 47 newspapers.
• After voting to unionize, The Appeal had layoffs and a reorganization.
• Hearst Magazines offered voluntary buyouts to all sales and marketing employees, which include about 600 employees. If enough people don’t take the offer, layoffs could follow.
• Hearst Magazines sold Marie Claire to Future Media. No layoffs have been announced as a result.
• Meredith sold its 17 local TV stations to Gray Television.
• Vice Media had layoffs in its digital department.
• McClatchy is outsourcing page design and typesetting, resulting in at least 26 layoffs. The work will be outsourced. McClatchy owns 30 newspapers across the country.
• MEL Magazine will stop publishing. The men’s magazine was funded by Dollar Shave Club. At least nine people lost their jobs.
• Medium has offered its editorial staff voluntary buyouts. The company’s vice president of editorial is also leaving.
• BuzzFeed is laying off 47 employees from HuffPost.
• Sinclair is laying off 5% of its workforce, or potentially more than 400 people. Sinclair has 186 television stations in 87 markets.
• Bloomberg News laid off nearly 100 due to an editorial restructuring to make the newsroom “more nimble.”
• Newsday is laying off an unspecified number of employees at the end of January 2021 from “advertising, information technology, marketing, operations planning and security.” Newsday is owned by Newsday Media.
• CNN will close CNN Airport Network.
• Univision stations in New York, Miami and Houston went through an unreported number of layoffs.
• Condé Nast laid off “a few” members of its PR team.
• Salaries were cut at the Phoenix New Times, Denver’s Westword, Dallas Observer, Houston Press and Miami New Times.
• Gannett had furloughs and other cost-cutting measures, including 25% pay reductions for executives. In June of 2020, Gannett announced that reporters and visual journalists at its local papers and USA Today would be exempt from furloughs. It later had buyouts, with about 500 people losing their jobs. Unrelated to the pandemic, it also announced it would outsource 485 business-side jobs to India.
• McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country. It has one newspaper in Washington D.C. McClatchy later laid off 84 staffers who had previously been furloughed. In December, McClatchy eliminated its central video team, resulting in six layoffs, three reassignments with termination dates in the next several months, and four reassignments to new full time roles, Poynter has learned.
• TEGNA announced furloughs and pay cuts companywide. According to Poynter’s Al Tompkins, TEGNA was “the first of the big TV owners to announce such cuts.” It also announced a reorganization of its national and local sales teams, resulting in some pay cuts and layoffs, Poynter has learned. TEGNA declined to provide a number on the layoffs.

• Executives at E.W. Scripps Co. are taking voluntary salary reductions.
• Univision had layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts. 
• NBCUniversal is cutting executive pay by 20%. It also had layoffs at NBC’s locally owned stations, resulting in the loss of at least nine jobs. NBC Universal is laying off less than 10% of its 35,000-person staff. NBC Sports Philadelphia laid off 15 people. NBC Sports Boston laid off 20, NBC Sports Bay Area laid off 17, NBC Sports Chicago laid off more than one dozen and NBC Sports Washington laid off at least 10.
• CBS announced several rounds of layoffs — first 50 from CBS News, then an additional 400 at ViacomCBS.
• The Golf Channel will have layoffs.
• Fox News will lay off 3% of staff. Employees in hair and makeup were the most impacted.
• Washingtonian magazine laid off fellows and had 10% pay cuts.
• Seven McClatchy newspapers will move out of their newsrooms and work remotely for the rest of the year. They include  the McClatchy D.C. office.
• Meruelo Media had furloughs. Meruelo owns stations in five markets.
• Forever Media had layoffs. Forever owns stations in 11 markets.
• Townsquare Media Group had pay cuts and layoffs. Townsquare owns stations and sites in 67 markets.
• iHeartMedia had furloughs and pay cuts. It later had another round of layoffs, resulting in the loss of more than 130 jobs around the country. iHeart owns stations in 153 markets. 
• American General Media had layoffs. American General Media owns stations in seven markets.
• Beasley Media had layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs. Beasley owns stations in 15 markets.
• Entercom had layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs. Entercom owns stations in 46 markets.
• Radio One/Urban One had layoffs and furloughs. The company owns stations in 15 markets.
• Cumulus had temporary furloughs and pay cuts. It aslo cut 3% of its workforce and its Westwood One News Network, which airs in more than 900 affiliates. It employed 13 people. Cumulus owns 424 stations in 87 markets.
• Alpha Media had layoffs, furloughs and reduced hours. Alpha Media owns stations in 21 states.
• NPR had pay cuts for executives and cut pay and benefits.
• Hubbard Radio stations had layoffs in St. Louis, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis and Phoenix.
• BuzzFeed cut employee pay and cut AM to DM, its morning news show. Eight people lost their jobs, and had furloughs. BuzzFeed News staff also took pay cuts and will implement a workshare plan to prevent further furloughs.
• Vice cut some pay and stopped 401K matching and promotions.
• The Outline laid off its staff.
• Bustle Digital Group laid off two dozen staffers and implemented pay cuts, according to Sara Jerde in AdWeek.
• G/O Media, which includes sites such as Jezebel, Deadspin, The Root and The Onion, laid off 14 employees. It also laid off another 15 staff from its video department.
• Group Nine laid off 7% of staff. Group Nine publications include The Dodo, Thrillist and NowThis.
• The Hill was implementing pay cuts.
• Altice’s i24 and Cheddar had layoffs. On April 24, 2020, J. Clara Chan reported for The Wrap that Cheddar shut down its Los Angeles studio.
• Vox furloughed more than 100 people for three months. It also laid off 72 people, including from the editorial departments of Curbed and SB Nation.
• Protocol had layoffs.
• The Skimm cut 20% of editorial staff.
• Curbed Atlanta, a Vox Media newsroom, will stop publishing for three months. Its editor was furloughed.
• Quartz will lay off 80 employees.
• Vice will lay off 55 people in the U.S. and 100 outside the U.S.
• Playboy laid off its editorial staff.
• Microsoft laid off 50 journalists in the U.S.
• The Athletic laid off 46 people.
• “Numerous editorial staffers” at SB Nation took buyouts.
• The Weather Company had dozens of layoffs. Its publications include Weather.com and Weather Underground.
• Atlas Obscura laid off 15, including five in editorial, the company confirmed to Poynter.
• Bleacher Report laid off at least 10 people. It is owned by Turner Broadcasting.
• The Poynter Institute laid off one person on the administrative staff.
• Bloomberg Industry Group, which publishes Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg Tax, laid off 21 people. Two of the positions were clerical positions in editorial, the rest came from the business side. 
• Time Out group suspended print editions of 40 city magazines.
• Maven Media Brands, which operates Sports Illustrated, had layoffs and pay cuts.
• CQ Roll Call laid off 30 staffers.
• Condé Nast had pay cuts, furloughs and potential layoffs. It publishes magazines including Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. Layoffs did follow. It later reversed earlier pay cuts.I 
• Valence Media had layoffs. It owns trade magazines, including The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.
• Fortune Magazine had layoffs and pay cuts.
• Meredith, which owns magazines including People and Entertainment Weekly and 17 local TV stations, had pay cuts. It also laid off 180 people, 130 from its local media group, which includes broadcast, and 50 from its national media group, which includes People and InStyle magazines.
• The Atlantic laid off 68.
• Outside Magazine had furloughs and pay cuts.
• Cruise Travel magazine closed.
• Scalawag Magazine will cut its print product.
• American Media, LLC, which publishes magazines including US Weekly and inTouch, laid off about 20 and had pay cuts in April of 2020. It’s now merging with Accelerate 360 LLC and becoming A360 Media. In September, it furloughed staff.
• Entrepreneur Magazine didn’t publish its June 2020 edition due to the pandemic. It also laid off two people since the pandemic began.
• CNN has closed Great Big Story, a streaming video hub. Up to 30 people could lose their jobs.
• Essence Magazine furloughed staff.
• ABC News had an unreported number of layoffs, which included correspondents, producers and executives.

Corrections: 

An earlier version of this story noted that CNHI newsrooms in most states had layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts. In most states, only furloughs took place. The (Decatur) Illinois Herald & Review has been in its current building since 1976. An earlier edition got that date wrong. The Sioux City Journal is in Iowa. A previous version of this story said Ogden owns two newspapers in Indiana. That is incorrect. It owns one. The Hendricks County Flyer was included erroneously on this list. It closed before the pandemic, in May of 2019. An earlier version of this story reported the weekly papers in Vermont, the Milton Independent, Essex Reporter and Colchester Sun, had layoffs. That is incorrect, they just temporarily cut print. Also, one mention of the Daily Progress in Charlottesville bungled the name. We apologize for the errors, they have been corrected.

Update: We’ve removed one item from this list — The Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer announced it would cut 22 newsroom employees — because it was announced before the coronavirus hit. According to The Associated Press, “The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland has been reduced as an organization to little more than the name atop its front page after owners laid off 10 of its remaining 14 union journalists.”