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NLRB finds Hawaii Tribune-Herald violated federal law

Pacific Media Workers Guild - 19 Feb 2011

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald illegally attempted to suppress union activity in Hilo, the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Monday, February 14.

New Guild contract signed with Hilo's Tribune-Herald

The Hawaii Newspaper Guild - 21 Aug 2010

The Hawaii Newspaper Guild and the Hawaii Tribune-Herald have signed a contract after nearly six years of negotiations. The two-year agreement covers all employees at the Hilo newspaper except pressmen, who are covered by a separate contract.

Company stonewalls Guild proposals

The Hawaii Newspaper Guild - Hawaii Newspaper Guild - 29 Sep 2008

Hawaii Tribune-Herald negotiator L. Michael Zinser on Thursday rejected a Guild proposal that would have met one of the company’s goals and saved the company thousands of dollars a year.


MEDIANEWS MONITOR

Blood on the newsroom floor: MediaNews merger

But new CEO sounds confident of success ahead

Richard Brenneman - 07 Sep 2011

MediaNews Group, the company that produces the largest share of California’s newspapers, is merging managerial functions with the Journal Register Co., with the new operation headed by Journal Register boss John Paton. Paton, who is one of the newspaper world’s leading advocates of a transition to the digital realm, becomes the boss of most San Francisco Bay Area newspapers, now published by MediaNews’ Bay Area News Group.

PRESS RELEASE

Alden tightens grip on MediaNews, Journal Register

New CEO to push digital business model

PR Newswire - 07 Sep 2011

Alden Global Capital moved Wednesday to consolidate management of its newspaper holdings, merging senior leadership of MediaNews and Journal Register Co. John Paton of Journal Register Co. will be CEO. MediaNews, known for slashing costs, owns the San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald and BANG-East Bay.

East Bay papers to consolidate, cut 20% of news staff

Carolyn Said - San Francisco Chronicle - 24 Aug 2011

As newspapers nationwide struggle to evolve viable business models, Bay Area News Group said Tuesday it will consolidate 11 local newspapers in the East Bay into two regional newspapers and lay off 8 percent of the staff. (Guild Note: Although the press release didn't point this out, the layoffs eliminate about 20 percent of the East Bay editorial staff.)


MORE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY

What readers want to read next

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 24 Aug 2011

We'd all like to know what comes next. That can be a spiritual quest, a political one, or in the case of news publishers, one that would help them know what it is readers who land on their site would like to read next.

McClatchy second-quarter profits, revenue fall

Dale Kasler - The Sacramento Bee - 31 Jul 2011

The McClatchy Co. today reported lower profits and revenue in the second quarter, as The Bee's owner continues to struggle with a weak economy and structural changes in the newspaper industry.

The Newsonomics of Netflix

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 31 Jul 2011

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says he is surprised that customers weren't more upset with Netflix's digital shift. After all, he expected more upset, in his role as a pioneer, early in the game of forcing the digital shift.

Times Company posts loss on write-down

Jeremy W. Peters - The New York Times - 21 Jul 2011

The New York Times Company reported on Thursday an overall loss in the second quarter as print advertising continued to struggle, dragging down growth in online advertising.

Sun-Times Media, Chicago Tribune enter into print production contract

David Roeder - The Chicago Sun-Times - 21 Jul 2011

The Chicago Tribune will begin printing the Chicago Sun-Times and seven of its suburban sister newspapers under an agreement announced Tuesday.

Schadenfreude

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 19 Jul 2011

Schadenfreude is the word of the day, as the Wall Street Journal's editorial page points out that "the Schadenfreude is so thick you can't cut it with a chainsaw."

New News Corp strategy

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 18 Jul 2011

We'd all be ready to shell out pay-per-view prices (those for boxing, not a simple movie) to peek in on the House of Commons' questioning of Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks Tuesday.


Connie Knox

Connie Knox

Guild's former international chair dies at the age of 68

Andy Zipser - The Guild Reporter - 18 Jul 2011

Connie Knox, a life-long Guild member who stepped down as the union's international chair just one week ago, has died. Her body was found at home Saturday by her daughter; further details about her death are unknown at this time.

The myths of Murdoch: Real, unreal and surreal

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 14 Jul 2011

Forget the tired "gate" applied to this scandal, as in the limp Phonegate. This News Corp scandal so far surpasses mere phone treachery that the name diminishes what's at stake.

PRESS RELEASE

Guild ratifies three-year contract with Thomson Reuters

Newspaper Guild of New York - 12 Jul 2011

Journalists, technicians and other news professionals represented by the Newspaper Guild have ratified a three-year contract with Thomson Reuters Corp. ending an often acrimonious two-and-a-half year contract dispute.

13 questions on the Murdoch scandal

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 09 Jul 2011

Rupert Murdoch is all about control. After a near-decade of trying to control, and contain, the wiretapping scandal, it's now spreading like wildfire. The next question is how far it will spread. How big will the scandal grow, and what will it touch.

The Murdoch fall-out

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 07 Jul 2011

What's an American to make of the astounding news that News Corp is closing Britain's top Sunday paper,

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