The Daily Herald in Chicago's suburbs laid off and unspecified number of staffers across its departments, Editor & Publisher reported Thursday.

Paddock Publishing President Doug Ray would not give the exact number of employees cut.

Earlier this month, the family-owned newspaper company ordered employees to take an unpaid day off of work each month, and cut top managers' salaries by five percent. At that time, the company also warned in a memo that layoffs would be likely due to classified ad revenues in some categories down 45 percent from last year, according to E&P.