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LOCAL NEWS U of M profs report success of Guild-initiated state training grant Pioneer Press employees benefit from innovative program St. Paul Guild members in the advertising and editorial departments were the first newspaper employees to benefit from participation in a state job skills training program through the University of Minnesota. The opportunity to participate in the program was negotiated by the Guild in the 2007 Pioneer Press contract.
SINGLETON MESSAGES STAFF MediaNews nearing debt deal with banks Singleton asks patience of employees MediaNews CEO Dean Singleton and President Jody Lodovic said Thursday that the company is close to an agreement with its banks on a debt restructuring plan. Once the plan is completed toward the end of the first quarter of 2010, they added, the company expects to have a "manageable level of debt" and will look forward to "a changing but exciting future."
Clean sweep for PiPressers Three St. Paul women won the local election handily over their Minneapolis opponents. |
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Next big thing? TV-newspaper staff mergers Newspaper and TV newsroom mergers could become the next big thing as profit-pressed publishers and broadcasters seek to cut costs and strengthen their digital presence.
Many journalists give former Washington PostPresident and Publisher Philip L. Graham credit for being the first to describe journalism as "the first rough draft of history." |
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MORE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Philly papers' deal deadline extended as negotiations continue The clock may still be ticking, but at least now there's more time left on the board. Philadelphia Media Network Inc., which purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com at a bankruptcy auction in April for $139 million, had planned to finalize its purchase of the media outlets Tuesday, when it was scheduled to emerge from bankruptcy.
In California, an old-style print war The office of The Bay Guardian at the bottom of Potrero Hill in San Francisco -- the site of one of the last great newspaper wars -- was eerily quiet last Thursday morning, with the sounds of a bell at the front desk echoing up into the high ceiling.
Google, AP reach new deal on licensing rights Google Inc. will be able to continue posting content from The Associated Press under a new licensing deal the two companies announced Monday after months of sometimes thorny negotiations.
Newspaper drivers reject tentative contract The drivers who deliver The Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News voted overwhelmingly Sunday to reject a tentative contract agreement reached between their union, Teamsters Local 628, and Philadelphia Media Network, the newspapers' new owner.
The Newsonomics of news in a diversified world The Washington Post Company has been much in the news recently, but not because of its flagship paper. It's making news around its other holdings. It has shed Newsweek, staunching a $30 million annual bleed. More importantly to the company's finances, its Kaplan "subsidiary" has been much in the spotlight, under investigation by the feds, along with other for-profit educators, for fraud around student loans
Tribune Co. creditors court Michael Eisner and Jeff Shell for top jobs Former Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael D. Eisner is in discussions that could lead to his return to the media spotlight -- as chairman of the now-bankrupt Tribune Co.
Colorado mulls shutting down journalism school The University of Colorado at Boulder is considering the possibility of discontinuing its School of Journalism and Mass Communications "for strategic and budgetary reasons," the state's flagship university announced Wednesday.
The executive editor of The Washington Times says the owner of the financially troubled newspaper has reached a preliminary agreement to sell the paper to a company affiliated with the Unification Church. |
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