Employees at “The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon” are expected to find out today the extent of job cuts announced earlier this month by parent company Gannet Co. Inc.

Laura Hollingsworth, president and publisher of The Des Moines Register, told employees in a memo last week that the cuts were coming, though the size and scope was still unknown. Robert Dickey, president of Gannett U.S. Community Publishing, said most layoffs would be finalized by Thursday as part of a companywide staff reduction of 1,400 employees. In 2008, the Register eliminated 70 positions.

Gannett’s other Iowa paper, the Iowa City Press-Citizen, announced Wednesday that it was laying off four employees. There will also be changes to the paper’s circulation staff due to a new agreement with the Cedar Rapids Gazette to print and distribute the Press-Citizen.