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LOCAL NEWS Clean Water Action ratifies 3-year contract Guild members at nonprofit Clean Water Action ratified a new contract on July 2 that includes increases in wages, vacation and holidays.
MULTIMEDIA Pioneer Press unit members - in a video that debuted at The Newspaper Guild Sector Conference in Providence, RI - talk about the benefits of the Guild in their unit. The video, by PiPress member Maricella Miranda, has been used by Guild locals coast to coast to help boost union membership.
Northland Poster Collective Joins Local Non-profit newest unit Northland Poster Collective became the newest unit of the Minnesota Guild/Typographical Union on May 6 when the parties signed an initial contract. The two-year pact – retroactive to April 1, 2008 - covers all four current Northland employees and will extend to any workers who join or work that is obtained by the Minnesota non-profit.
Local News Longtime Local Executive Secretary dead at 85 Samuel Gompers once said that management is too important to be left to the managers. Through imagination and diplomacy, John Carmichael sought to realize comprehensive worker participation at the Twin Cities’ newspapers. The former Guild Local Executive Secretary, regarded for decades by many in Twin City labor circles as the identity of the Guild, died April 19, 2008 at age 85. He had been stricken with Alzheimer’s for several years. |
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NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY On the lobby wall of the newspaper where I got my first reporting job are the Thomas Jefferson words that journalists like to trot out as Independence Day nears: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Gannett's newsprint cost rise signals industry peril Gannett Co. and other U.S. newspaper publishers are watching the price of newsprint rise at a record pace, even as the number of advertising and editorial pages is shrinking. The news is out: Newspaper companies can no longer afford reporters and editors. Today's L.A. Times announcement is the latest to catch a news cycle of public attention. As well it should. A 17% cut -- 150 newsroom jobs -- is an unnatural disaster. It's the kind of news that shocks, if briefly. Ousted Merc News designer adds angry farewell images to 'layoff' display Martin Gee, the designer laid off from the San Jose Mercury News last week who had previously created a much-linked photo display of layoff-related images from the paper, added another batch of photos to his online display since being ousted. |
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MORE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Los Angeles Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 from newsgathering staff The Los Angeles Times today announced plans to cut 250 positions across the company, including 150 positions in editorial, in a new effort to bring expenses into line with declining revenue. In a further cost-cutting step, the paper will reduce the number of pages it publishes each week by 15%.
Tampa Tribune plans to cut one-fifth of newsroom The Tampa Tribune plans to lay off 11 newsroom employees this week and another 10 by early fall as part of a one-fifth cut in the news.
Strib labor talks might preserve newsroom Reporting on the Strib’s financial condition always comes down to one thing: keeping the state’s largest cadre of talented journalists employed. While they aren’t above criticism, their critical mass is irreplaceable.
McClatchy shares tumble after Deutsche downgrade McClatchy Co. shares fell sharply after Deutsche Bank downgraded the company on concerns that higher newsprint costs and lower revenue expectations will hurt earnings.
Lee Enterprises joins wide meltdown after downgrade Lee Enterprises Inc. stock sank by more than 12% Tuesday in a trading session in which innvestors greeted the launch of E.W. Scripps Co. as newspaper pureplay by selling off the stock on huge volume.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel laying off 10% of workers With ad revenue down 12% so far this year, the publishing company of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Tuesday it is reducing its workforce by about 10% through buyouts, attrition, and involuntary layoffs.
Star Tribune withholds some pay to lenders The company declined to make regular quarterly payment to junior debt holders. Star Tribune Co. declined to make a quarterly interest payment Monday to the holders of $96 million in second-tier debt that Avista Capital Partners raised to finance its acquisition of the news company last spring.
Newspaper shares slid $23B in 6 months The value of 11 newspaper companies traded on the public market since 2005 dove a combined $23.7 billion in the first half of this year, falling almost as much in six months as they had in the three prior years put together. |
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