Do you recognize any of these buyout types?

As promised in mid-August there are some well-known bylines and key personalities at the Beacon Journal who are calling it quits.

Those who have definitely accepted buyouts offered in mid-August are Connie Bloom, Diane Leeders. Ken Love, Mitch McKenney and Brian Windhorst. Clerk Telli Gulledge also acepted a buyout and found employment so this is her last week. This also i the last week for Leve and Wheeler.

Other extremely possible buyouts are Chip Bok, Dennis Earlenbaugh, Betsy Lammerding, Ann Mezger, Keith McKnight,. Charles Montague, Ted Schneider and Paul Tople.

The newspaper is trying to cut costs by about 20 staffers. One prevailing thought among staffers not only at the Beacon Journal but at other troubled newspapers, including the Plain Dealer, is that it might be best just to take the money and run.

Former Beacon managing editor Stuart Warner and Brian Windhorst have confirmed reports last week on Grumpy Abe’s (Abe Zaidan) blog about their moves. Warner, a writing coach at the PD, says he has accepted a buyout at the Plain Dealer.and is looking at teaching and writing opportunities. Warner, just returned from a Nieman conference at Harvard where he gave a writing presentation, said both his editor and managing editor asked him to stay. [Comments received in an email from Warner have been placed under Comments below.]

The PD apparently has been courting Cavs reporter Windhorst to cover the Cavs for them so he put in for a buyout and will start Oct. 6. Even if his buyout is not accepted, he can get severance pay under a Guild provision. Windhorst has been with the BJ for 15 years.

The newspaper is offering those 55 or older a lump sum payment of their pension entitlement plus $25,000. Younger staffers would get two weeks pay for every year of service plus an extra two weeks pay.

Newspapers are cutting to save money so if staffers pulling down large salaries leave, they can keep more of the younger staff members. Val Pipps, for instance, decided last April to become a full-time teacher of communications at the University of Akron. Could he count for a job plus of the 20 that must be cut?.