St Louis Business Journal: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is laying off nine employees, including eight in its newsroom, a newspaper spokeswoman has confirmed. The affected positions include four reporters, a clerk, copy editor, assistant editor and director. A maintenance employee is also being laid off. The United Media Guild’s contract with Post-Dispatch owner Lee Enterprises allows employees not targeted for layoffs to voluntarily resign within two weeks, allowing those who were targeted to remain at the newspaper.