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NEWS OF HAWAII

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.

MERGER UPDATE

California Guild Executive Committee endorses merger outline

Media Workers local would combine with CWA 9415 and Hawaii Guild

California Media Workers Guild - 24 Jun 2010

Members of the Executive Committee of the Media Workers Guild endorsed a merger outline Saturday that could create a powerhouse communications local in the West, uniting the San Francisco-based Guild, the Hawaii Newspaper Guild and Oakland-based CWA Local 9415. The tentative outline suggests the merged local be called the Pacific Communications and Media Guild. It would be a diverse alliance, one of the largest in the CWA, with more than 5,000 members drawn from industries including newspapers, language services, broadcasting, cable TV and regional, long-distance and cellular telephone service.

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NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY

Next big thing? TV-newspaper staff mergers

Alan D. Mutter - Reflections of a Newsosaur - 03 Sep 2010

Newspaper and TV newsroom mergers could become the next big thing as profit-pressed publishers and broadcasters seek to cut costs and strengthen their digital presence.


Who said it first?

Jack Shafer - Slate - 02 Sep 2010

Many journalists give former Washington PostPresident and Publisher Philip L. Graham credit for being the first to describe journalism as "the first rough draft of history."

CWA 9415 talking merger with Guild locals

William Harvey, secretary-treasurer of Oakland-based CWA Local 9415, was a special guest Saturday at a meeting of the Media Workers Guild's Executive Committee in San Francisco.

The EC approved the general outline of a proposed merger that would unite Local 9415 with the Media Workers as well as the Hawaii Newspaper Guild. Other CWA locals have discussed joinng the proposed new mega-local, tentatively being called the Pacific Communications and Media Guild.

"This is an idea that makes a lot of sense, for all of us," Harvey said.

Saturday's Executive Committee decision sets committees in motion to work out the critical details. Anyone who would like to participate in this effort can contact your unit or local officers, or send an email.

Guild Sector President Bernie Lunzer has endorsed the merger plan in Washington, D.C., and CWA District 9 leader Jim Weitkamp also backs the concept in Sacramento.

Members of all the merging locals would have to back the proposal before any merger could take effect. A new set of bylaws would govern the combined local, which would remain affilated with the appropriate Guild and CWA industry sectors.

The Pacific local would include more than 5,000 members in California, Hawaii and Nevada.

Harvey, who has served as principal officer of CWA 9415 for more than 20 years, has spearheaded the merger plan. Although he has announced his retirement from his full-time job, Harvey said he will stay active in the merger work.

"I want to do all I can to see this project through," he said.



MORE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY

Philly papers' deal deadline extended as negotiations continue

Editor & Publisher - 02 Sep 2010

The clock may still be ticking, but at least now there's more time left on the board. Philadelphia Media Network Inc., which purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com at a bankruptcy auction in April for $139 million, had planned to finalize its purchase of the media outlets Tuesday, when it was scheduled to emerge from bankruptcy.

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.

Unions say Sun-Times parent cutting ex-workers health benefits without court O.K.

Randall Chase - The Associated Press - 20 Aug 2010

Unions representing former employees of the Sun-Times Media Group Inc. are seeking information from the company in a dispute over termination of health insurance benefits.


Murdoch

News Corp. gives Republicans $1 million

Eric Lichtblau and Brian Stelter - The New York Times - 18 Aug 2010

With Republicans hoping to recapture a number of statehouses in November, the media conglom- erate headed by Rupert Murdoch is inserting itself into the races in bold fashion with a $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association.

Rupert's $1 million Republican gift: Why it matters

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 18 Aug 2010

Why has News Corp's million dollar gift to the Republican Governors Association gotten so much attention? I think there are a few top-of-mind reasons and one -- a little paper called the Wall Street Journal -- that forms the subtext here.

No newspaper growth until 2014, VSS forecast says

Editor & Publisher - 18 Aug 2010

Declines in newspaper spending are expected to slow this year, with the market eventually stabilizing by 2013 and growth beginning in 2014. But with spending of only $36.76 billion in that year, newspapers will not come close to the $66.37 billion in peak spending the industry saw in 2005, according to the Veronis Suhler Stevenson Communications Industry Forecast 2004-2014.

Bankruptcy judge again gives Tribune Co. more time

Randall Chase - The Associated Press - 18 Aug 2010

A Delaware judge has agreed to again extend deadlines in the Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy as the company continues negotiating with creditors.

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