USA Today layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring USA Today reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2024 | approximately 8,900 employees in the U.S. | December 31, 2024 |
| 10-K for 2025 | approximately 7,500 employees in the U.S. | As of December 31, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryCompany reported integration and reorganization costs for 2023, of which most were severance activities.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2023, we incurred Integration and reorganization costs of $24.5 million.” 10-K for 2023
Our summaryCompany reported integration and reorganization costs for 2022, including severance activities.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2022, we incurred Integration and reorganization costs of $88.0 million.” 10-K for 2023
Our summaryCompany reported integration and reorganization costs for 2021, including severance activities.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2021, we incurred Integration and reorganization costs of $49.3 million.” 10-K for 2023
Our summaryIntegration and reorganization costs for 2024 included severance activities and other reorganization-related costs, including withdrawal liabilities from ceasing multiemployer pension plan contributions and licensed content cease-use costs.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2024 , we incurred Integration and reorganization costs of $66.2 million .” 10-K for 2024
Our summaryIntegration and reorganization costs for 2023 included severance activities and other costs.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2023 , we incurred Integration and reorganization costs of $24.5 million .” 10-K for 2024
Our summaryIntegration and reorganization costs for 2022 included severance activities and other costs, including a multiemployer pension withdrawal liability and facilities consolidation.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2022 , we incurred Integration and reorganization costs of $88.0 million .” 10-K for 2024
Our summaryIntegration and reorganization costs are described as designed primarily to right-size the employee base, consolidate facilities and improve operations.
Word for word“Integration and reorganization costs include severance costs as well as other reorganization costs associated with individual restructuring programs, designed primarily to right-size our employee base, consolidate facilities and improve operations; ” 10-K for 2024
Our summaryThe company recorded integration and reorganization costs in 2025, mostly severance, to right-size its workforce, consolidate facilities and improve operations.
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2025 , we incurred Integration and reorganization costs of $31.6 million .” 10-K for 2025
| Fiscal year ended | Severance costs | Restructuring charges | Cash paid for restructuring |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-25 | $6.8 million | $8.4 million | $9.4 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $7.7 million | $8.9 million | $9.4 million |
| 2018-12-30 | — | $15 million | $13.2 million |
| 2019-12-31 | — | $52.2 million | — |
| 2020-12-31 | — | $145.7 million | — |
| 2021-12-31 | — | $49.3 million | — |
| 2022-12-31 | — | $88 million | — |
| 2023-12-31 | — | $24.5 million | — |
| 2024-12-31 | — | $66.2 million | — |
| 2025-12-31 | — | $31.6 million | — |
USA Today has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from USA Today’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.