http://www.medianewsmonitor.org News of Singleton and MediaNews Copyright 2009 The Newspaper Guild en-us Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:10:06 -0500 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:10:06 -0500 http://sjguild.org/rss/jpg/MNMonitor.jpg http://www.medianewsmonitor.org 140 50 http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2010/03/04/16435/pioneer_press_overlords_emerge_from_bankruptcy_with_nice_payday In a blistering six weeks, Denver-based Affiliated Media — the holding company for MediaNews Group, which owns the Pioneer Press — has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2010/03/04/16435/pioneer_press_overlords_emerge_from_bankruptcy_with_nice_payday http://www.medianewsmonitor.org/news.php?ID=7298 http://www.medianewsmonitor.org/news.php?ID=7298 http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004072572 A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved Affiliated Media Inc.’s prepackaged reorganization plan Thursday, clearing the way for the MediaNews Group holding company to emerge from Chapter 11 protection. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004072572 http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/01/daily29.html Any delay in confirming the bankruptcy plan of Affiliated Media Inc. — parent of Denver Post publisher MediaNews Group Inc. — will hurt the company’s business, its chief financial officer warned in a court filing. http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/01/daily29.html http://newsonomics.com/tasini-tasini-a-blast-from-another-century/ Justice, or at least the courts, does grind exceedingly slowly. Today, the Supreme Court gave its (final!) approval to the $18 million settlement between publishers and writers seeking compensation for the digital use of their work, which has been written for...print. http://newsonomics.com/tasini-tasini-a-blast-from-another-century/ http://www.medianewsmonitor.org/news.php?ID=7292 Our Guild representatives met with the management to work out the last few details of a proposed agreement for internships, including limits for how many interns and how long they can be employed here. The agreement calls for up to 12 spread around our many work sites, for as long as 6 months. Vacations and a multi-media training initiative also were raised. http://www.medianewsmonitor.org/news.php?ID=7292 http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/03/zippy_the_pinhead_axed_--_alon.php Nothing fires up newspaper readers like changes to the comics section. That’s something former Rocky Mountain News editor John Temple acknowledged in "The Funnies Aren’t Funny Anymore," our 2007 state-of-the-art critique. http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/03/zippy_the_pinhead_axed_--_alon.php http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/01/daily10.html Two more objections were filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in connection with the pre-packaged reorganization plan offered by Affiliated Media Inc., parent of Denver-based newspaper chain MediaNews Group Inc. http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/01/daily10.html http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/02/22/daily71.html An affiliate of bankrupt media company Tribune Co. on Friday filed an objection to the bankruptcy plan of the parent of Denver newspaper chain MediaNews Group Inc., seeking clarification that it can still sue over the $8.4 million it says it’s owed from a 1998 option deal. http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/02/22/daily71.html http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=177722 There are two provocative elements to MediaNews’ paid content plan, which will be tested at two sites, the York Daily Record in Pennsylvania and the Enterprise-Record in Chico, Calif., in April or May: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=177722