Updated 2pm: Several of The Independent's best-known journalists are among those due to leave the paper following the paper's decision 10 days ago to make 27 staff redundant.
It appears to be a cull of the older, well-paid veterans. The foreign department has been hit hard, but the most famous name on the list is that of John Walsh, one of the Indy's most prolific writers down the years, churning out many hundreds of columns, features, interviews and restaurant reviews.
He joined the paper in 1993 - after five years as literary editor of the Sunday Times - to edit its magazine. It is thought that he will be offered a retainer to continue writing for the Indy. A panellist on Radio 4's literary quiz show The Write Stuff, he is the author of four books.
Among the departing foreign staff is Mary Dejevsky, one of most respected commentators on Russia, the European Union and the US.
She has worked as a correspondent in various capitals, including Moscow, Paris and Washington. More recently, she has been the chief editorial writer and a columnist. She will continue to write occasionally for the paper.
Another leaver from the foreign department is the Africa correspondent, Daniel Howden, who is based in Nairobi. He has reported from more than 50 countries during his time with the paper and also produced a prize-winning documentary on Somali piracy.
The Independent's man in Paris, John Lichfield, will also leave, but not for at least a year, when he reaches the age of 65.
Two commentators are also among the leavers. Tom Sutcliffe, who was the Indy's first arts editor in 1986, is now a columnist and television reviewer.
And Hamish McRae, the paper's award-winning economic columnist and its associate editor - will leave the staff but is expected to accept a retainer to contribute in future.
Chief sports writer James Lawton is the highest profile member of the sports staff to be leaving. Named as sports journalist of the year in 2011, Lawton is one of the oldest and wisest of sports writers. He was writing for the Daily Telegraph at 19 before going on to spend many years on the Daily Express. The author of 11 books, he joined The Independent in 2000.
Update 2pm: In an earlier report, it was stated that the Asia correspondent Andrew Buncombe and football editor Glenn Moore were leaving. I understand that, in what is said to be "a fluid situation", they will now be staying with the paper.
