Those papers include the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and the Orlando Sentinel.
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Meredith sold its 17 local TV stations to Gray Television.
Gray will serve 113 local markets, reaching about 36% of U.S. households. Meredith will reduce substantial debt it took on when it bought Time Inc.
SourceWestside Seattle, a merger of the West Seattle Herald and the Ballard News-Tribune, will close.
It is owned by Robinson Communications.
SourceThe (Montesano, Washington) Vidette closed in April of 2020.
It is owned by Sound Publishing.
SourceThe (Ocean Shores, Washington) North Coast News closed in March of 2020.
It is owned by Sound Publishing.
SourceThe (Grand Junction, Colorado) Daily Sentinel will outsource its printing.
The number of people who will lose their jobs was not disclosed.
SourceNine people were laid off from the Roanoke Times.
It is owned by Lee Enterprises.
SourceThe (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier Journal is selling its building.
It is owned by Gannett.
SourceThe (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.
SourceIn 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.
SourceMcClatchy is outsourcing page design and typesetting, resulting in at least 26 layoffs.
The work will be outsourced. McClatchy owns 30 newspapers across the country.
SourceThe South Bend (Indiana) Tribune laid off two people, a sports reporter and a staff librarian.
The Tribune is owned by Gannett.
SourceThe (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.
SourceThe Arizona Jewish Post will close in March.
It was 75-years-old and owned by The Jewish Community Federation of Southern Arizona. The Post’s only remaining staffer was laid off.
SourceIn November of 2020, publication of the Dead Mountain Echo in Oakridge, Oregon was suspended “due to the illness of the former publisher.”
The newsroom’s last update was in November.
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