Latest Eugene Newspaper Guild news

2008 Eugene Newspaper Guild Annual Meeting

It's a fiesta! It's sort of like a caucus, only we'll be electing new the Guild e-board and eating Mexican food. You and your spouse/partner ...

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Newspaper Industry headlines

Star Tribune to cut newsroom budget 10%

Star Tribune Editor Nancy Barnes has been told she will have to cut $2.5 million, or about 10%, from the annual newsroom budget, ...

 

Guild President Foley concedes defeat to challenger Lunzer

Newspaper Guild President Linda Foley conceded defeat to challenger Bernie Lunzer, who reportedly won the guild presidency with 55.8% of the vote, according ...

 

MediaNews Group Bay Area papers to vote on unionization

Less than two weeks after MediaNews Group employees at nine newspapers outside San Francisco petitioned to unionize, a union vote date has been ...

 

Cablevision strikes deal to buy Newsday

Cablevision Systems and the Tribune Company announced a $650 million deal on Monday that will give Cablevision a 97 percent stake in Newsday.

 

Revenue problems force Seattle Times to cut staff by 125

Following up on vows to bring spending in line with its shrinking revenues, The Seattle Times Co. sliced the staff at its flagship ...

 

Gannett offers 160 buyouts in NJ

Gannett Co. Inc. on Friday said it was offering buyouts to a total of 160 workers at five of its six New Jersey ...

 

Union claims New York Times' layoffs methodology is 'flawed'

The Guild says it "has been carefully analyzing the [New York Times] layoffs to make sure that management has followed the contract’s job ...

 

Layoffs and buyouts announced at three more dailies

Layoffs and buyouts have hit three more daily papers, with announcements of cutbacks in Colorado, Kentucky, and South Carolina.

 

Herald-Leader Seeks Buyout from 4 Percent of Staff

The Lexington Herald-Leader is looking to trim its staff of 385 full-time employees by 4 percent through a voluntary buyout program.

 

Tribune evaluating offers for Newsday

As talks continued yesterday for the sale of Newsday, owner Tribune Co. assessed three similarly structured offers to determine which best fit its ...