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Daily News workers walk out to protest hedge fund owners who 'shrink the budget to fill their pockets'
The paper's first work stoppage in three decades is to protest "chronic cuts" by its hedge fund owners that "shrink the budget to fill their pockets."
LA Times staff plans first walkout in paper’s 142-year history ahead of layoffs
Unionized Los Angeles Times staffers are launching a one-day strike Friday -- the first walkout in the newspaper's 142-year history -- in response to imminent "significant" layoffs. The Los Angeles...
Washington Post workers who took buyouts insulted by company merch push on their way out
Washington Post reporters who took buyouts were insulted to get a sales pitch to buy official company merchandise on their way out the door, according to a report.
NY Times staffers walk out -- but two key reporters cross picket line
Peter Baker and Michael Shear declined to join fellow staffers who launched the newspaper's first labor stoppage in 40 years on Thursday.
More than 200 Gannett staffers stage one-day strike over wages
More than 200 Gannett staffers walked out Friday amid stringent cuts and layoffs at the publishing giant.
New York Daily News and three NJ papers unionize their newsrooms
The New York Daily News owned by Tribune Publishing and three local dailies in New Jersey owned by the Gannett chain have unionized their newsrooms with the News Guild of...
Meredith braces for union battle at EW, Martha Stewart, Shape, People TV
Publishing giant Meredith is bracing for a union battle. The News Guild of New York said more than 90 percent of the editorial staff at Entertainment Weekly, Martha Stewart Living,...
Google says it will pay news publishers $1B over the next 3 years
Google will pay $1 billion over the next three years to global news publishers that it licenses content from. It is a milestone moment for Google, which has for years...
Newspaper Guild drops 'paper' from its name
Back in the days when newspapers were the king of all media, legendary columnist Heywood Broun led the charge to organize journalists into the Newspaper Guild in 1934. In a...
Time Inc. jobs headed for permanent Malaysian vacation
Time Inc. insiders who are wondering when and where the company will outsource their jobs had better make sure they have an atlas when HR calls. Six workers at People,...
New York Times settles grievances with fired employees
Fourteen people who filed grievances after they were fired late last year as part of the down-sizings at the New York Times have reached a settlement and avoided arbitration. Times...
Newspaper Guild takes Time to task
The Newspaper Guild huddled with staffers at Time Inc. on Thursday in the wake of the company’s decision to unilaterally impose the “last, best and final offer” contact on about...
Time Inc., Newspaper Guild at 'impasse' on talks
Newspaper Guild negotiators on Friday rejected the latest offer from Time Inc., prompting the nation’s No. 1 magazine publisher to declare an impasse in its labor negotiations. The biggest stumbling...
Vacation on table in Daily Beast union talks
One of the things that Newsweek left behind when it was sold by Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp was a rarity for a Web-only operation — a unionized work force at the...
Guild has mystery backer to buy Philly dailies
The biggest guessing game this week in the turbulent Philadelphia newspaper wars is the identity of the money behind a bid by the Newspaper Guild of that city to stop the...
Newsweek owners 'muzzling' journalists: Newspaper Guild
The Newspaper Guild has filed claims alleging the owners of Newsweek are “illegally muzzling” a handful of journalists who have been offered jobs by new owner IBT Media. Only about...