Newspaper circulation vs. layoffs/buyouts

I don’t really see any patterns, but take a look at the recent circulation information compared to the number of layoffs/buyouts at those papers during the same time period.

The top U.S. circulation gainers:

The Times of Northwest Indiana, Munster, Ind.: 3.01 percent
Layoff/buyouts: None

The Cincinnati Enquirer: 2.93 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 30 announced in October 2007

Trenton (N.J.) Times: 2.91 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

The Daily Herald, Everett, Wash.: 2.37 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

Ventura (Calif.) County Star: 1.76 percent
Layoffs/buyouts:

San Jose Mercury News: 1.69 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 40 announced on June 19, 2007; 50 announced on Feb. 14, 2008

Greensburg (Pa.) Tribune-Review: 1.68 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La.: 1.40 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

The Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah: 1.21 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register: 1.21 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 1.21 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

U.S. newspapers with more than 50,000 paid circulation
Percent gain compares March 31, 2007, and March 31, 2008
Layoff/buyout information tracked from June 2007-March 31, 2008

Top 25 Sunday newspapers:

The New York Times: -9.26 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 12 announced in November 2007; 100 announced in February 2008

Los Angeles Times: -6.06 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 100 to 150 announced in February 2008

Chicago Tribune: -4.46 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 120 announced in August 2007; 100 announced in February 2008

The Washington Post: -4.39 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

Daily News, New York: -9.20 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

Houston Chronicle: -6.59 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 80 announced in October 2007

The Philadelphia Inquirer: -6.28 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 68 announced in February 2008

Detroit Free Press: -5.18 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: Up to 100 announced in October 2007

Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News: -14.79%
Layoffs/buyouts: 21 announced in June 2007 at the Post

Star Tribune, Minneapolis: -7.02 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 145 announced in June 2007; 58 announced in February 2008

Boston Globe: -6.46 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 60 announced in February 2008

The Dallas Morning News: -7.61 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

The Arizona Republic -4.84 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

Newark Star-Ledger: -12.29 percent
Layoffs/buuyouts: Unknown number of cuts announced in January 2008 and March 2008

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: -5.07 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

Newsday: -4.83 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 120 announced in February 2008

St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times: -0.44 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

Cleveland Plain Dealer: -3.25 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

San Francisco Chronicle: -3.06 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 100 announced in July 2007

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 1.67 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 60 announced in August 2007; 31 announced in March 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Times: -3.40 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 71 announced at the Times in December 2007; 86 announced at the Times in February 2008

New York Post: -8.63 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: -3.94 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: None

The Sun, Baltimore: -1.22 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 45 announced in June 2007; 11 announced in September 2007; 45 announced in February 2008

The Oregonian: -3.70 percent
Layoffs/buyouts: 32 in August 2007

Percent gain compares March 31, 2007, and March 31, 2008
Layoff/buyout information tracked from June 2007-March 31, 2008