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NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Union claims New York Times' layoffs methodology is 'flawed' The Guild says it "has been carefully analyzing the [New York Times] layoffs to make sure that management has followed the contract's job security provisions. At this point, it appears to the Guild that the company has not done so. In fact, the Guild has already filed a grievance regarding the methodology used by The Times to decide who would be laid-off."
Layoffs and buyouts announced at three more dailies Layoffs and buyouts have hit three more daily papers, with announcements of cutbacks in Colorado, Kentucky, and South Carolina.
Herald-Leader Seeks Buyout from 4 Percent of Staff The Lexington Herald-Leader is looking to trim its staff of 385 full-time employees by 4 percent through a voluntary buyout program.
Star Tribune's owner forced to write off much of its investment The owner of the Star Tribune has informed investors that it has written down the value of its $100 million investment in the newspaper by 75 percent to reflect deteriorating conditions since the purchase in March 2007.
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MediaNews customer service operations move to the Philippines Bay Area workers seeking to form Guild unit Newspaper chain MediaNews Group Inc. is outsourcing customer service operations for some of its California dailies -- including the San Jose Mercury News, one of the company's largest papers -- to the Philippines. Meanwhile, newsroom employees at the Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times and other newspapers in MediaNews Group's "Bay Area News Group-East Bay" unit are trying to form a union. Tribune evaluating offers for Newsday As talks continued yesterday for the sale of Newsday, owner Tribune Co. assessed three similarly structured offers to determine which best fit its own strategic plan and need for debt-bound cash, a source close to the negotiations said. |
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MORE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Reporters examining the Star Tribune's finances can be compared to a group of blind men reporting on an elephant. No one source, not even the paper's higher-ups themselves, seems to have all the answers.
Santa Barbara News-Press, Indy settle lawsuit Owners of the Santa Barbara News-Press and Santa Barbara Independent agreed to put away their legal swords this week, finally concluding a settlement to the News-Press’s complaint that the Independent had infringed upon its federal copyright protections.
McClatchy stock down on huge volume Stock in The McClatchy Co. dropped more than 7% on trading volume Monday that was more than seven times higher than normal.
Star Tribune hires Blackstone Group to analyze its finances Faced with sliding advertising revenue amid a continuing slowdown of the newspaper industry, the Star Tribune said Sunday that it has hired an adviser to evaluate its finances.
Attempt to unionize Trib and CC Times Wins Support A months-long effort to unionize the newsrooms of the Oakland Tribune, the Contra Costa Times, and several other East Bay newspapers got a huge boost Friday when union officials revealed that "a strong majority" of reporters, photographers, and copy editors at the papers had signed union cards and were demanding a union election.
Union petitions feds for newspaper vote Newspaper workers petitioned federal officials on Friday to be recognized as a union, marking the latest move in a union-led effort to represent journalists employed by papers in the East Bay and San Mateo County. The journalists want the National Labor Relations Board to clear the way for an election to decide if the newspaper employees would be represented by a union.
Newspaper union stirring to life in the East Bay East Bay newspaper employees who have been alarmed at the declining quality of journalism took responsibility for their own futures on Friday by asking to be formally recognized as a union.Union organizers launched their campaign in October and after seven months of after-work meetings, thousands of e-mails and a lot of beer drinking, they were able to get a strong majority of the 250 eligible employees to sign guild cards.
S.F. Bay Area MediaNews Group employees file to unionize Nine months after MediaNews Group withdrew recognition of the Newspaper Guild unit at its Alameda Newspaper Group outside San Francisco, employees there and at five sister newspapers have petitioned for a new union vote.
Press Release Journalists announce majority support for new Guild at East Bay papers Journalists leading a guild organizing effort at the Bay Area's largest newspaper chain petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for formal recognition as a union today, the Northern California Media Workers Guild announced.
Newspaper jobs on the move -- over the ocean The excess of newspaper staff-cut announcements in recent months has taken on an unsettling ring. While the loss of jobs is terrifying enough, an added element makes it even more stomach-churning: In some cases, jobs are not so much lost as going elsewhere — often overseas.
Washington Post Co. Q1 profit drops on Newsweek buyouts The Washington Post Co. reported Friday that its first-quarter net income was $39.3 million, or $4.08 a share, down from $64.4 million, or $6.70 a share, from Q1 2007. Most of the decrease came from a $24.6 million charge, with an after-tax impact of $1.60 a share, related to an early retirement program at Newsweek magazine.
After bid by Cablevision, rivals mull offers for Newsday Cablevision Systems Corp.'s $650-million bid for Newsday has been received, and rival suitors were said to be mulling possible changes to their offers, sources familiar with the talks said Thursday.
Journal Register says it's through as public company Its stock delisted by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and shunned by investors, troubled community newspaper publisher Journal Register Co. said late Thursday it intends to stop filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In an action dubbed a “company wide reorganization,” the Santa Barbara News-Press laid off 10 employees yesterday, two of whom were editors.
Newsday: The sale that isn’t a sale Is the Tribune Company dodging the tax man? Not quite, but the newspaper company seems to be doing its best to avoid paying Uncle Sam a piece of the proceeds from the potential sale — or non-sale, if you happen to be a representative from the Internal Revenue Service — of Newsday.
Circ numbers: Talking quantity...and "quality" How fast can you paddle? That's the unabated message of today's ABC FAS FAX circulation numbers being reported. They cover the six-month period, through March 31. Overall, the water keeps rising: 3.5% down daily, and 4.5% down Sunday. Those are in line with what we've now seen for more than three years. The waves aren't subsiding, but rising a bit more. Worse, there's not much relief in sight.
Cablevision Systems Corp. appears poised to make an end-around bid for Newsday this week with an offer expected to top two competing $580-million bids by media barons Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer Zuckerman, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Orange County Register to cut 80-90 jobs The Orange County Register and its affiliated publications are laying off between 80 and 90 employees, or 5 percent of its workforce, because of declining advertising revenue, President and Publisher Terry Horne said Monday. |
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