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In California, an old-style print war
David Carr - The New York Times - 30 Aug 2010
The office of The Bay Guardian at the bottom of Potrero Hill in San Francisco -- the site of one of the last great newspaper wars -- was eerily quiet last Thursday morning, with the sounds of a bell at the front desk echoing up into the high ceiling.
Google, AP reach new deal on licensing rights
Michael Liedtke - The Associated Press - 30 Aug 2010
Google Inc. will be able to continue posting content from The Associated Press under a new licensing deal the two companies announced Monday after months of sometimes thorny negotiations.
Newspaper drivers reject tentative contract
Christopher K. Hepp - The Philadelphia Inquirer - 30 Aug 2010
The drivers who deliver The Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News voted overwhelmingly Sunday to reject a tentative contract agreement reached between their union, Teamsters Local 628, and Philadelphia Media Network, the newspapers' new owner.
The Newsonomics of news in a diversified world
Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 27 Aug 2010
The Washington Post Company has been much in the news recently, but not because of its flagship paper. It's making news around its other holdings. It has shed Newsweek, staunching a $30 million annual bleed. More importantly to the company's finances, its Kaplan "subsidiary" has been much in the spotlight, under investigation by the feds, along with other for-profit educators, for fraud around student loans
Tribune Co. creditors court Michael Eisner and Jeff Shell for top jobs
Dawn C. Chmielewski, Michael Oneal and Sallie Hofmeister - The Los Angeles Times - 26 Aug 2010
Former Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael D. Eisner is in discussions that could lead to his return to the media spotlight -- as chairman of the now-bankrupt Tribune Co.
Colorado mulls shutting down journalism school
Mark Fitzgerald - Editor & Publisher - 26 Aug 2010
The University of Colorado at Boulder is considering the possibility of discontinuing its School of Journalism and Mass Communications "for strategic and budgetary reasons," the state's flagship university announced Wednesday.
Washington Times to be sold?
The Associated Press - 26 Aug 2010
The executive editor of The Washington Times says the owner of the financially troubled newspaper has reached a preliminary agreement to sell the paper to a company affiliated with the Unification Church.
Washington Post Co. shares rebound on bullish Barron's article
Mark Fitzgerald - Editor & Publisher - 25 Aug 2010
Back in April, Barron's said The Washington Post Co. "may be the most undervalued media company in America," with a share price that was "dirt cheap." With the stock having plunged since then, the financial weekly repeated its assessment even more firmly over the weekend.
Albany Times Union ordered to reinstate 11 axed employees
Editor & Publisher - 25 Aug 2010
The Times Union in Albany, N.Y., violated federal labor law in 2009 when it laid off 11 employees without negotiating criteria with their union, an administrative law judge has ruled -- and the newspaper has been ordered to reinstate the workers with benefits as well as back pay.
Honolulu Advertiser vets create 'Metromix'-like Website
Editor & Publisher - 25 Aug 2010
Former Honolulu Advertiser staffers on Monday launched a Website patterned after the Metromix entertainment site at the former Gannett Co. daily.
Tribune bankruptcy plan collapses; JPMorgan, Angelo Gordon Ankle
Randall Chase - The Associated Press - 21 Aug 2010
The Tribune Co.'s plan to emerge from bankruptcy has unraveled in the wake of an independent report concluding that talks leading up to the company's 2007 leveraged buyout bordered on fraud, attorneys said Friday.
Imagine if the New York Times gave $1 million to the Democratic Party
Eric Boehlert - Media Matters - 20 Aug 2010
I'm sure curious what Fox News talkers like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck make of the news that their corporate bosses recently contributed $1 million to the re-election drive of Republican governors nationwide. Unfortunately we don't know what the talkers think of the stunning development because there's apparently been a news blackout inside Fox News and it appears nobody on staff is allowed to discuss the embarrassing development, let alone try to defend the actions.
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