New Guild contract signed with Hilo's Tribune-Herald

The Hawaii Newspaper Guild - 21 Aug 2010

The Hawaii Newspaper Guild and the Hawaii Tribune-Herald have signed a contract after nearly six years of negotiations. The two-year agreement covers all employees at the Hilo newspaper except pressmen, who are covered by a separate contract.

Company stonewalls Guild proposals

The Hawaii Newspaper Guild - Hawaii Newspaper Guild - 29 Sep 2008

Hawaii Tribune-Herald negotiator L. Michael Zinser on Thursday rejected a Guild proposal that would have met one of the company’s goals and saved the company thousands of dollars a year.

Company, 'unwilling to pay,' cuts offer

The Hawaii Newspaper Guild - - 15 Jul 2008

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald again has cut its wage offer to members of the Hawaii Newspaper Guild. The company’s latest wage offer came during a day-and-a-half of negotiations between the Guild and the Company on July 2 and July 3.

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Next for MediaNews: Rolling up ailing dailies

Alan D. Mutter - Reflections of a Newsosaur - 26 Jan 2010

Ailing newspapers in Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul and San Francisco eventually could shrink or shut down after MediaNews Group emerges from bankruptcy. The prospect of future seismic shifts in the newspaper industry from Salt Lake City to York, PA, were signaled last week when Affiliated Media, the parent of MediaNews, filed for bankruptcy to eliminate all but $165 million of its $930 million in debt.

Singleton's next chapter: Can he steer MediaNews to a digital future?

Martin Langeveld - Nieman Journalism Lab - 19 Jan 2010

In August 2006, as part of a deal that netted MediaNews Group the Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News, and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Hearst Corporation agreed to make a $300 million equity investment in MediaNews. At that point, the peak of MediaNews' company's expansion and with revenue and cash flow at an all-time high, the holdings of the principal stockholders -- the Singleton and Scudder families -- net of debt, were arguably worth more than $500 million each.

Journalism start-ups must think mobile first

Leonard Witt - Sustainable Journalism - 07 Jan 2010

Geek Squad founder Robert Stephens says anyone contemplating a journalism start-up should think of getting a mobile presence first and then think of a computer application that plays off the app, not the other way around.

San Antonio paper to cut workforce 15 percent

Michelle Roberts - The Associated Press - 26 Feb 2009

The San Antonio Express-News announced Wednesday it will cut its staff by 15 percent and leave dozens of jobs unfilled as the newspaper battles the slump that has pummeled it and other dailies across the country.

At least 7 groups look into purchasing Union-Tribune

Thomas Kupper - The San Diego Union-Tribune - 09 Oct 2008

The proposed sale of The San Diego Union-Tribune has attracted interest from a number of newspaper companies as well as investors from outside the industry.

MediaNews among potential buyers in San Diego

Union Tribune details latest shopping

Thomas Kupper - SignOnSanDiego.com - 09 Oct 2008

The proposed sale of The San Diego Union-Tribune has attracted interest from a number of newspaper companies as well as investors from outside the industry. In recent weeks, representatives of Los Angeles Times owner Tribune Co. and San Jose Mercury News (and BANG-EB) parent MediaNews were among those who visited the paper's Mission Valley offices for presentations on the business.

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