The publisher announced them last week, but they didn’t get much notice that I saw; the company doesn’t say how many positions they are trying to remove. Reporters, notably, are exempt.

Dear Arizona Daily Star colleague,
We are announcing a voluntary workforce reduction program for Star employees who meet certain eligibility criteria. This voluntary program is available to all positions in our newsroom, with the exception of reporters. Only a limited number of volunteers will be accepted from each department. LINK: John Humenik Lee Watch

Lee Enterprises owns more than fifty smallish newspapers across the country; its flagship is the St. Louis Post Dispatch, which it got when it took over the Pulitzer chain a few years back.