http://www.medianewsmonitor.org News of Singleton and MediaNews Copyright 2009 The Newspaper Guild en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:53:26 -0400 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:53:26 -0400 http://sjguild.org/rss/jpg/MNMonitor.jpg http://www.medianewsmonitor.org 140 50 http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/judge-oks-settlement-to-change-charleston-newspaper-joa-62044-.aspx A federal judge granted final approval to changes to the Charleston, W.Va., joint operating agreement (JOA) that is intended to bolster the Charleston Daily Mail. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/judge-oks-settlement-to-change-charleston-newspaper-joa-62044-.aspx http://newsonomics.com/gannetts-whimper-bang-show-strategies-plainly-in-flux/ Gannett’s second quarter announcements: A whimper and a bang. The whimper comes from its tepid revenue data. The bang from its coincident statement that it is joining its newspaper colleagues in the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium. http://newsonomics.com/gannetts-whimper-bang-show-strategies-plainly-in-flux/ http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/07/the-newsonomics-of-the-dead-cat-bounce/ The season’s upon us, as newspaper and media companies announce their second-quarter earnings. At least some of the companies will announce: fewer than used to a couple of years ago, as Tribune has gone private (and banko), metros like Philly and Minneapolis have moved to private hands, MediaNews releases less information than it used to, and Dow Jones’ results are less decipherable, aggregated within News Corp. news division results. http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/07/the-newsonomics-of-the-dead-cat-bounce/ http://newsonomics.com/patch-vs-medianews-one-little-instructive-story/ AOL’s Patch is ambitiously adding websites, lately going after MediaNews territory in the East Bay of the Bay Area — San Ramon, Danville, Walnut Creek and Pleasanton — and penetrating SoCal, from Fairfax and West Hollywood to Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach. Hundreds of local reporters are being hired as hundreds of new sites are being replicated from California to Illinois to Maryland to Rhode Island, joining the early sites in Connecticut and New Jersey. http://newsonomics.com/patch-vs-medianews-one-little-instructive-story/ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5haiwam-UyJiR3reXC6qG1wvE178gD9GOCDV00 Detroit’s two daily newspapers knew they were shoving some readers overboard in an effort to stay afloat when they decided to limit home delivery to just three days a week. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5haiwam-UyJiR3reXC6qG1wvE178gD9GOCDV00 http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/sun-times-media-further-trims-newsrooms-61707-.aspx The past month has seen further reductions among Sun-Times Media properties in and around Chicago, including three in the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom earlier this week. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/sun-times-media-further-trims-newsrooms-61707-.aspx http://www.medianewsmonitor.org/news.php?ID=7503 Recently, members got an e-mail specifying the company’s policy on filing online stories or short updates after a night meeting. We’ve heard a few questions and concerns about this in terms of scheduling and equipment. We fully support the company’s efforts in improving our online presence, including updating our website as quickly and as often as possible. As we pursue this goal, we also encourage employees to carefully track any resulting overtime and how this affects your schedule in general (employees are entitled to either overtime or comp time when they work beyond a scheduled shift.) http://www.medianewsmonitor.org/news.php?ID=7503 http://www.medianewsmonitor.org/news.php?ID=7455 Members of Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton pay $25,000 to sign up — more than the kitchen and laundry workers bring home in a year. But the union enjoyed a good relationship for decades, and the management had a loyal, experienced staff. Then a new management came in, tried to jack up health costs, and eventually locked out its workers when no agreement was reached. The dispute has gone more than two months, and despite the posh setting, is anything but genteel. http://www.medianewsmonitor.org/news.php?ID=7455 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/27/BU8D1D533A.DTL The Chronicle said Monday that remaking its business model by charging more for the newspaper has, as expected, produced a sharp drop in circulation even as it has improved the paper’s bottom line. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/27/BU8D1D533A.DTL http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004086386 In last year’s March Fas-Fax from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the San Jose Mercury News didn’t make even the top 20 list of largest-circulation newspapers. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004086386