Last month the Boston Herald offered  voluntary buyout packages (two weeks of salary for every year of service) to newsroom staff and managers.

And, as the Boston Globe reports today, the results are in:

The Boston Herald approved voluntary buyout packages for four newsroom employees, including three editors, as part of a cost-cutting measure.

Executive arts and lifestyle editor Larry Katz, Sunday editor Lisa Larson, food reviewer Mat Schaffer, and assistant sports editor Joseph Thomas are approved to take the buyout, according to current and former employees who did not want to be identified because they are not authorized to speak for the paper. The four have until Friday to make the buyouts official.

About a dozen other newsroom employees applied for the buyout, but were not approved, according to Herald employees.

Oddly, the Herald didn’t have space for the story in its newshole today. But here’s what the hardworking staff wants to know now: Who are the dozen newsroom employees currently held hostage by the frosty tabloid?

Free the Herald 12!!!