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 Globe Strikes Deal 
 With Last Holdout Union 

Paper likely to remain in business as employees take major cuts

May 6, 09 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Globe and its largest union struck a tentative deal early this morning that will likely keep the newspaper's owner, the New York Times Company, from shutting down the title. The union representing more than 600 employees in the editorial and advertising divisions was the last holdout in negotiations... More »

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newspaper • Boston • union • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • Boston Newspaper Guild

(Newser) - The leaders of the Boston Globe’s biggest union have given themselves substantial raises over the past 3 years, even as the people they represent went without, the Herald reports. Boston Newspaper Guild president Dan Totten—who recently lambasted New York Times Co. execs for giving themselves extra days off... More »

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newspaper • union • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • newspaper guild • Boston Newspaper Guild • Dan Totten

 As NY Plays Hardball, 
 Globe Swings in Wind 

Tensions high as last union works toward deal with Times Co.

May 5, 09 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tensions are high as the last of seven Boston Globe unions tries to hammer out a deal with the New York Times Company, the Washington Post reports. The Boston Newspaper Guild has blasted the Times Co’s “bullying tactics” in negotiations set to resume as soon as today, but... More »

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newspaper • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • Boston Newspaper Guild

(Newser) - Amazon is set to introduce a tabloid-sized version of the Kindle tailored to display newspapers—just one of many e-readers in the pipe that just might toss a life-preserver to print journalism, the New York Times reports. In fact, Engadget expects the new Kindle to debut Wednesday at a... More »

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technology • media • E Ink • Kindle • News Corp • Amazon • newspaper industry • Hearst • e-readers • Plastic Logic

(Newser) - The New York Times will file a required 60-day notice with federal authorities that it plans to shut the storied Boston Globe, newspaper officials said last night. Tense negotiations with unions failed to produce millions of dollars in savings Times representatives say are necessary to continue Globe operations. The Newspaper... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • union • union busting • Boston Globe • shutdown • newspaper industry • newspaper guild

 Rush: Obama Caused Swine Flu 

President's poisonous presence apparently started pandemic

Apr 28, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newspapers failing? Blame it on Obama. CNN in trouble? Obama’s fault. Swine flu? Yep, the president caused that, too, Rush Limbaugh said yesterday on his radio show, the Huffington Post reports. “Everywhere Obama is spreading Obamaism, there is a deadly disease taking place, either in the TARP community... More »

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radio • Mexico • talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • CNN • earthquake • President Obama • newspaper industry • swine flu

Times Co. Won't Go Private, Sulzberger Says

'We unequivocally believe in our future' despite revenue falloff

Apr 23, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times Company does not intend to take itself or its flagship newspaper private, the Wall Street Journal reports. Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. also told a shareholder meeting today that Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire who recently bought a large stake in the company, had no interest in... More »

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New York Times • shareholders • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • ad revenue • New York Times Company • private companies • newspaper industry

Mo. Paper Axes Journalist Shot on the Beat 

Reporter was wounded in '08 Kirkwood city council rampage

Apr 22, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A St. Louis-area reporter shot last year while covering a city council meeting has been laid off from his paper, the Riverfront Times reports. Todd Smith spent days in the hospital last February after taking a bullet in the hand in an attack that left seven dead. “This is... More »

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layoffs • St. Louis • recession • reporter • editor • Kirkwood, Missouri • gunshot wounds • newspaper industry • Todd Smith

(Newser) - Advertising revenue for the New York Times Company’s news divisions sank 28% in the first quarter of this year, the Wall Street Journal reports. That, and a total revenue falloff of 19%, resulted in a $74.5 million loss for the publisher, compared to a break-even first quarter last... More »

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Boston Red Sox • recession • ad revenue • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • first quarter earnings • newspaper industry

New York
Times Garners
5 Pulitzers 

Spitzer scandal among winners in rare bright spot for newspaper

Apr 20, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(AP) - The New York Times received five Pulitzer Prizes today, including one for breaking the call-girl scandal that destroyed Gov. Eliot Spitzer's career. The Las Vegas Sun won for public service for exposing a high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip. America's top journalism awards were announced... More »

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New York Times • Pulitzer Prize • journalism • Eliot Spitzer • Detroit Free Press • newspaper industry • Las Vegas Sun • East Valley Tribune

OPINION

Selfish Google Stands to Kill Golden News Goose

It will actually help your company in the long run

Apr 16, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - By refusing to share revenue with news providers, Google is essentially dooming itself, writes blogger Steve Outing, who has a message for CEO Eric Schmidt: “What’s the deal, Mr. Schmidt? Have you deleted Sergey Brin and Larry Page’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ mantra from the corporate... More »

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media • Google • Eric Schmidt • Google News • ad revenue • newspaper industry

As Economy Dives, Street Papers Thrive

Interest rising in quirky newspapers created
by the homeless

Apr 13, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Street papers—newspapers created and sold by the homeless—are enjoying a small boom, even as mainstream papers feel the brunt of the economic crisis. It’s not just because of growing interest in these local papers’ quirky coverage, the New York Times reports. As the ranks of the down-and-out... More »

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ANALYSIS

'Jewel' Soon Was Tarnished for NY Times Co.: Globe

Globe staffers analyze parent company's treatment of once great paper

Apr 12, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Globe is delving into the stunning fall of a once-great institution: itself. Keith O'Brien and Robert Weisman trace the decline back to 1993—when the New York Times Co. bought the "jewel of an asset" for a staggering $1.1 billion—to the unimaginable present, as the... More »

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(Newser) - Google CEO Eric Schmidt's proposed model for online newspapers calls for a cable TV-like approach to subscription content, with tiers like free, basic, and premium. His ideas not only come too late, but they're “deeply flawed,” Douglas A. McIntyre writes for 24/7 Wall Street. And "even if... More »

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Google • New York Times • advertising • cable TV • subscription • online newspapers • newspaper industry • free news

 Newspaper Cuts 
 Are Emptying Out 
 Press Boxes 

Papers cutting back baseball coverage

Apr 7, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The independent baseball beat writer could be a dying profession as newspapers look to trim costs, the Wall Street Journal reports. In baseball-crazy cities like New York and Boston, not much is likely to change. "It would be suicide, quite honestly," says a Red Sox writer for the... More »

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newspaper • Boston Red Sox • Baltimore Orioles • Baseball Writers' Association of America • Washington Nationals • baseball • newspaper industry • sports writer

(Newser) - Before newspapers held sway over politicians and maintained monopolies under federal anti-trust exemptions, they were a service people were willing to pay for, Michael Kinsley writes in the Washington Post. Even if “technology is on the verge of removing some traditionally vital organs of the body politic,” they... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • New York Times • online news • online newspapers • subsidies • newspaper industry • aggregator • investigative journalism

Globe's Rank-and-File Will
Take Pay Cuts—if Execs Do

Management, unions sit down

Apr 5, 09 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Unionized Boston Globe employees say they’re willing to make sacrifices to save their foundering newspaper—but only if executives and managers do the same, the Globe reports. “If management is willing to lead us, to take pay cuts and concessions, I'm sure the union would be willing,”... More »

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unions • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • concession • sacrifice • newspaper industry • pay cut

 NYT Threatens to 
 Shut Boston Globe  

Unions given ultimatum over cutbacks

Apr 4, 09 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times has told the Boston Globe it will shutter the newspaper if unions don't swiftly agree to $20 million in concessions, the Boston Herald reports. The parent company told union leaders Thursday that the Globe is on course to lose $85 million this year unless serious cutbacks... More »

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 Guardian to 
 Stop Presses, 
 Go Twitter-Only 

Guardian says will stop the presses after 188 years

Apr 1, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - After 188 years in print, the celebrated UK newspaper the Guardian is switching to a Twitter-only format, it said in today's April 1 edition. All news, the paper said, will appear in 140-character “tweets,” which “experts say” is enough for any story.  “In the new... More »

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newspaper • Web 2.0 • April Fools' Day • Twitter • newspaper industry

 Sun-Times Files 
 for Bankruptcy 

Conrad Black's back-tax debt does it in

Mar 31, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Sun-Times Media Group, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, today announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in the hope of “making the company fit for a buyer.” Unlike the also-bankrupt owner of its competitor, the Tribune, the Sun-Times has just one debtor:... More »

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newspaper • bankruptcy • Conrad Black • Chicago Sun Times • Chapter 11 • newspaper industry

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