http://www.Chainlinks.org News of the newspaper business Copyright 2009 The Newspaper Guild en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:49:15 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:49:15 -0400 http://sjguild.org/rss/jpg/chainlinks.jpg http://www.Chainlinks.org 140 55 http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003990389 Of the 1,400 layoffs Gannett Co. is ordering at its U.S. Community Publishing Division, the Cincinnati Enquirer and its related digital and print products will absorb about 100, Publisher Margaret Buchanan said in a memo Thursday. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003990389 http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003990062 MediaNews Group late Wednesday denied a report in an investors newsletter that it is arranging a pre-packaged bankruptcy — or readying any change in ownership of the Denver-based publisher controlled by William Dean Singleton and Richard B. Scudder. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003990062 http://www.thestreet.com/story/10532921/1/murdoch-talks-media.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN Murdoch, the 78-year-old News Corp. (NWSA Quote) chairman and CEO who moved television news considerably to the political right with Fox News, stunned the U.S. newspaper establishment in 2007 with his purchase of Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. http://www.thestreet.com/story/10532921/1/murdoch-talks-media.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003989439 A federal judge overseeing the bankruptcy proceedings for Philadelphia Newspapers LLC ordered lawyers for the company’s creditors to share details of their investigation into an alleged unauthorized recording of a meeting with the company’s lenders. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003989439 http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003989365 The Indianapolis News Guild overwhelmingly rejected a two-year contract offer from The Indianapolis Star that would have included a 12% pay cut, no pay increases for at least two years, and the elimination of arbitration on individual layoffs. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003989365 http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/07/a_closer_look_at_medianews_gro.php When the Rocky Mountain News was put up for sale in December (a move that prefigured its February closure), employees clinging to hopes of a last minute reversal of fortune repeatedly pointed to the debts burdening MediaNews Group, owner of the Rocky’s rival, the Denver Post. Because MediaNews, chaired by Post publisher Dean Singleton, isn’t a public company, however, it was mighty difficult to quantify the depth of that debt. But a new article offers some tantalizing clues. http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/07/a_closer_look_at_medianews_gro.php http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/another-big-round-of-layoffs-is-imminent-at-gannett/ The Gannett Company, owner of the nation’s largest newspaper chain, will go through another round of layoffs soon, with an announcement possible in the next few days, executives said Tuesday. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/another-big-round-of-layoffs-is-imminent-at-gannett/ http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003989268 Lee Enterprises said late Tuesday it is not going ahead with a reverse stock split that would raise its share price, which currently costs about as much as a copy of one of its dailies. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003989268 http://www.contentbridges.com/2009/06/1cast-hitting-the-mobile-video-aggregation-trifecta.html "Mobile." "Video." Usually, these are the rather dry one-world descriptions of What’s Next, items on to-do lists for anyone serious about building new digital businesses. Add "Social," and you’ve got a trifecta. http://www.contentbridges.com/2009/06/1cast-hitting-the-mobile-video-aggregation-trifecta.html http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003989090 The St. Paul Pioneer Press laid off nine newsroom employees and two more in advertising sales and production today, according to a report by the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003989090