http://www.sjguild.org Representing employees of the San Jose Mercury News and Monterey County Herald Copyright 2008 San Jose Newspaper Guild en-us Mon, 12 May 2008 15:57:09 -0400 Mon, 12 May 2008 15:57:09 -0400 http://www.sjguild.org/rss/jpg/GuildNews.jpg http://www.sjguild.org 140 55 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/business/media/13cablevision.html?ref=media Cablevision Systems and the Tribune Company announced a $650 million deal on Monday that will give Cablevision a 97 percent stake in Newsday. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/business/media/13cablevision.html?ref=media http://www.sjguild.org/news.php?ID=5035 Organizers at the Bay Area News Group-East Bay petitioned for a new Guild Unit on May 2 after gathering signed union cards from a solid super-majority of newsroom workers. The petition was filed with the Oakland region of the National Labor Relations Board and moves the “One Big BANG: One Guild Universe” campaign light years closer to an historic representation vote. BANG-EB owner MediaNews Group, which wiped away the former ANG Newspapers unit of the Guild last year in a merger, now faces the prospect of negotiating with one of the most potent clusters of organized journalists anywhere in the country. http://www.sjguild.org/news.php?ID=5035 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-bznews0511,0,5292148.story Tribune Co. and Cablevision Systems Corp. Saturday appeared poised to strike a $650-million deal for Newsday after presumptive front-runner Rupert Murdoch exited the stage, according to people familiar with the negotiations. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-bznews0511,0,5292148.story http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004404677_timescuts10.html Following up on vows to bring spending in line with its shrinking revenues, The Seattle Times Co. sliced the staff at its flagship newspaper by 125 employees this week. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004404677_timescuts10.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/business/media/11murdoch.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin People involved in the negotiations, who asked not to be named because the talks were confidential, said this month that Newsday’s owner, the Tribune Company, seemed headed toward accepting Cablevision’s bid, which at $650 million was the highest. Mr. Murdoch, however, told investors and analysts in a conference call on Wednesday that he remained confident, counseling, “Just be patient for a couple of days.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/business/media/11murdoch.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003801929 A San Francisco judge said Friday that she would likely issue an injunction barring the SF Weekly newspaper from selling cut-rate advertising as a way of putting the competing San Francisco Bay Guardian out of business. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003801929 http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/05/05/daily37.html?ana=from_rss The McClatchy Co. continues to slash its estimated value of its investment in The Seattle Times Co., as both the local daily and the newspaper industry as a whole continue to reel from lost revenue. http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/05/05/daily37.html?ana=from_rss http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003801848 Troubled Journal Register Co. warned late Friday in a regulatory filing that it probably will be in default of its loan covenant before the end of July. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003801848 http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/gannett_buyouts.html?.v=1 Gannett Co. Inc. on Friday said it was offering buyouts to a total of 160 workers at five of its six New Jersey newspapers, as advertising revenues decline. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/gannett_buyouts.html?.v=1 http://www.contentbridges.com/2008/05/consider-the-ne.html Consider the new Big City American journalism and the emerging cast of characters owning it. It’s a page right out of the history books when a few well-heeled titans controlled the press, and its new incarnation could have all kinds of implications for the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium, for AP and for the journalism start-ups near and far. http://www.contentbridges.com/2008/05/consider-the-ne.html