Unfair Park reports on today’s S-T job cuts. According to a memo from S-T publisher Gary Wortel, cuts will come “from the newsroom to advertising, circulation and the press operation.” Also, sections will also be consolidated and subscription rates will also be raised. Unfair Park learned that the Star-Telegram’s print version will no longer take breaking-news items after 11 p.m., forcing readers to go to the Web in yet another money-saving effort.

Unfair Park and Poynter have both blogged this morning about impending job cuts at McClatchy, parent company of the Star-Telegram. In a release, McClatchy said it’s trimming its payroll by 10 percent through both voluntary and involuntary separations. The Kansas City Star — the S-T’s long-time sister paper in terms of size and demographics, has already announced its intention to cut 120 jobs. Don’t be surprised to see a similar announcement out of West 7th Street today.

Catherine Cuellar at Pegasus News is reporting on the Square Pegs blog that McClatchy, the parent company of the Star-Telegram, will be downsizing next week, “costing dozens if not hundreds of local staff members their jobs.” The Star-Telegram fired 15 people back in April as part of a staff reduction.

Certainly, the scuttlebutt has been swirling through the newsroom since Thursday and a lot of people at West 7th Street are on edge. I was a little skeptical about the idea the “dozens if not hundreds” number. Once upon a time, the S-T newsroom was about 400 people. Could McClatchy really lay off several hundred people? Well, a ZoomInfo search shows the S-T has about 1,800 employees, so it isn’t outside the realm of possibility. I’m not hearing much else. Right now, the Sergeant Schultz rule seems to be in effect — no one knows nuthin bout nuthin.

UPDATE, 6.15.08: This from an email: “S-T HR Director in building Sunday night. Why is HR in the building on a weekend? Must be sharpening the ax for next week…”