Dan Totten

CQ-Roll Call Layoffs|NAA Says No To Bailout|Globe Union Investigates President|Tribune Bondholders Get Access|Ted Kennedy - Posted September 24, 2009
Watch CBS Videos Online FishbowlDC: CQ-Roll Call cut 44 jobs today, before unveiling a big restructuring of the company. Editor & Publisher: John Sturm, the president and CEO of the Newspaper Association of America told a joint economic hearing today that the newspaper industry was not looking for a government bailout. The Boston... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe's Largest Union's Members Seek To Remove Union Leadership - Posted September 17, 2009
Just a few months after agreeing to a renegotiated contract The Boston Globe's largest union is seeking to replace the union leadership that saw them through this summer's dispute with the paper's owner, The New York Times Co. The Globe reports today that some of the Boston Newspaper Guild's members have started... [FishBowlNY]

Globe Readies For NYTCo. Execs' Visit - Posted August 28, 2009
The New York Times Co. Chair Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and CEO Janet Robinson informed staff members at The Boston Globe yesterday to expect a visit on September 9, The Boston Herald reported. Robinson and Sulzberger will be in town for two all-staff "business update" meetings, the execs told Globe staffers in a... [FishBowlNY]

Globe Union And Times Co. Reach Tentative Agreement - Posted June 24, 2009
Last night, The Boston Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, finally reached a tentative agreement with the paper's owner, the New York Times Co, giving the company the $10 million in cost savings it has been seeking for months. According to guild president Dan Totten, the new agreement "includes a 5.94... [FishBowlNY]

Jared Cohen: The Guy Who Kept Iranians Twittering|It's Twin Girls For Quintanilla|Keller Googles In Iran|Boston Globe Union Optimistic About Deal As Negotiations Continue|Newsweek Cuts An Issue - Posted June 17, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cJared Cohenwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorStephen Colbert in Iraq Baynewser: A profile of U.S. State Department employee Jared Cohen, who called Twitter to ask them to postpone scheduled maintanence. TVNewser: CNBC's Carl Quintanilla and his wife Judy Chung, a former CNBC and MSNBC producer, welcomed twin... [FishBowlNY]

Jared Cohen: The Guy Who Kept Iranians Twittering|It's Twin Girls For Quintanilla|Keller Googles In Iran|Boston Globe Union Optimistic About Deal As Negotiations Continue|Newsweek Cuts An Issue - Posted June 17, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cJared Cohenwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorStephen Colbert in Iraq Baynewser: A profile of U.S. State Department employee Jared Cohen, who called Twitter to ask them to postpone scheduled maintanence. TVNewser: CNBC's Carl Quintanilla and his wife Judy Chung, a former CNBC and MSNBC producer, welcomed twin... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Staffers Throw Sad Pay Cut Potluck Party - Posted June 13, 2009
Members of the Boston newspaper guild at the beleaguered Boston Globe were given a 23 percent pay cut this week, so the they're hosting a "Farewell to Fair Wages" barbecue tomorrow afternoon as the cut takes effect. The event will take place in a reporter's back yard in Milton, Mass. just... [FishBowlNY]

The Boston Globe May Be For Sale As Tense Labor Talks Continue - Posted June 10, 2009
Boston Newspaper Guild president Dan Totten responded on Tuesday evening after the New York Times Company, which owns the Boston Globe, announced a 23 percent pay cut for Guild members at the struggling newspaper. In addition to trying to cut costs, the Times Company may also be seeking to sell the... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Union Rejects Cuts - Posted June 9, 2009
Last night, The Boston Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, rejected $10 million in wage and benefit cuts proposed by the paper's owner, The New York Times Co. The guild, which represents nearly 700 editorial, advertising, and business office workers, voted 277 to 265 to reject the Times Co.'s contract offer,... [FishBowlNY]

Tonight's The Night For The Boston Globe - Posted May 1, 2009
The Boston Globe may have just a couple hours to live. In April, the New York Times Company, which owns the Globe, said they would be forced to close the paper if the unions representing Globe staffers can't agree to $20 million in budget cuts by midnight tonight. As the deadline... [FishBowlNY]

Tonight's The Night For The Boston Globe - Posted May 1, 2009
The Boston Globe may have just a couple hours to live. In April, the New York Times Company, which owns the Globe, said they would be forced to close the paper if the unions representing Globe staffers can't agree to $20 million in budget cuts by midnight tonight. As the deadline... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Reporters Rally to Save Their Paper - Posted April 24, 2009
With the Boston Globe potentially facing an imminent demise, Globe reporters and the Boston Newspaper Guild have teamed with local politicans to host a rally at noon "in support of saving the Boston Globe." The event was billed as featuring "journalists and business staff" from the paper, along with Boston City... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Reporters Rally to Save Their Paper - Posted April 24, 2009
With the Boston Globe potentially facing an imminent demise, Globe reporters and the Boston Newspaper Guild have teamed with local politicans to host a rally at noon "in support of saving the Boston Globe." The event was billed as featuring "journalists and business staff" from the paper, along with Boston City... [FishBowlNY]