The Boston Globe

Bruce Wasserstein Died At 61 | Vogue Layoffs | NYT Won't Sell Boston Globe | A Look At Jersey's Papers - Posted October 14, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cQueer and Loathing in D.C.www.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview Wall Street Journal: Lazard CEO and New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein has died at age 61, after being hospitalized Sunday with an irregular heartbeat. All Things Digital: More cuts at Conde:... [FishBowlNY]

ABC New Radio Layoffs|OpenGate Drops Out Of BusinessWeek Bidding|Boston Globe Union Files Charges Against Pres|Erin Andrews Wants To Testify|Paper Magazine - Posted October 6, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy TVNewser: ABC News Radio laid off up to 20 staffers today. Reuters: OpenGate Capital has dropped out of the running to buy BusinessWeek. Boston Globe: The Boston Globe's biggest union has officially filed charges against union president Dan Totten, accusing him of... [FishBowlNY]

ABC New Radio Layoffs|OpenGate Drops Out Of BusinessWeek Bidding|Boston Globe Union Files Charges Against Pres|Erin Andrews Wants To Testify|Paper Magazine - Posted October 6, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy TVNewser: ABC News Radio laid off up to 20 staffers today. Reuters: OpenGate Capital has dropped out of the running to buy BusinessWeek. Boston Globe: The Boston Globe's biggest union has officially filed charges against union president Dan Totten, accusing him of... [FishBowlNY]

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]

Sulzberger, Robinson Explain Why Readers Embrace Print - Posted September 14, 2009
Less than a week after their rocky visit to The Boston Globe, New York Times Co. execs Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Janet Robinson have issued an internal memo discussing circulation at The New York Times, the Globe and some of the Times Co.'s regional papers. Despite the fact that one reader has... [FishBowlNY]

Glenn Beck Loses More Advertisers|Sports Reporters Take A Gamble|Taylor The Favorite For Globe|Is Kushner Looking To Sell The Observer?|Consumerist Probes Cash4Gold - Posted September 3, 2009
AgencySpy: Glenn Beck has lost a total of 57 advertisers. Editor & Publisher: Ironic news of the day: a survey has found that 40 percent of sports reporters say they bet on sports, with 5 percent betting on sports they cover. Boston Herald: Stephen Taylor may be the favorite to buy The Boston... [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]

What The Globe Can Expect If Platinum Equity Buys - Posted August 10, 2009
Last week, The Boston Globe revealed that its owner, The New York Times Co., had been approached by a third group of potential buyers interested in purchasing the beleaguered New England paper. According to the Globe, the potential buyer is investment firm Platinum Equity, run by billionaire Tom Gores. The firm has... [FishBowlNY]

What The Globe Can Expect If Platinum Equity Buys - Posted August 10, 2009
Last week, The Boston Globe revealed that its owner, The New York Times Co., had been approached by a third group of potential buyers interested in purchasing the beleaguered New England paper. According to the Globe, the potential buyer is investment firm Platinum Equity, run by billionaire Tom Gores. The firm has... [FishBowlNY]

The Things We (Almost) Missed This Week - Posted August 7, 2009
Before we head into the weekend, here's a look at some big media stories we (almost) missed this week. Better late than never, right? Times Public Editor Takes On Stanley: New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt tried to explain how an "especially embarrassing" number of corrections appeared in Alessandra Stanley's appraisal... [FishBowlNY]

Times Co. Admits Boston Globe Is Up For Sale While San Diego Paper Owner Makes Bid - Posted August 7, 2009
Today we have two updates on the possible sale of The Boston Globe, both coming from the Globe itself. Last month, Globe owner the New York Times Co. avoided the question of whether the Globe was up for sale while reporting its second quarter earnings. During a conference call, CEO Janet... [FishBowlNY]

Globe Reporter Rails Against Agreement With Times Co. - Posted July 8, 2009
Last time we checked in, The Boston Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, had reached a tentative agreement with the paper's owner, the New York Times Co., and union members were preparing to vote on the deal July 20. But today, alternative newspaper The Boston Phoenix published a letter from Globe... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Reminds World That Hirschorn Said It'd Be Dead By May - Posted June 25, 2009
New York Times Co. chairman Arthur Sulzberger and CEO Janet Robinson have put out a memo celebrating The New York Times' survival until June -- despite the grim predictions of The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn last year. "The month of May came and went and, contrary to the prediction of one writer, we... [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]

Boston Globe Saga Continues: Another Meeting Set For Today - Posted June 22, 2009
As The Boston Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, and the paper's owner, The New York Times Co., get ready to meet today to continue negotiations over wage and benefit cuts, the New York Times takes an in-depth look at the Boston paper's union struggles over the last year.... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Update: Union Sets Contract Vote Date, Without Deal - Posted June 19, 2009
The Boston Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, has set a date to vote on ratification of a contract, despite the fact that it has not yet reached an agreement with the paper's owner, the New York Times Co. The Globe reported today that the guild is set to vote on... [FishBowlNY]

WSJ Cuts Down Frequency Of Ad Column|Boston Globe Names New DC Bureau Chief|ABC News Refutes RNC Claims Of Unfairness|Brian Graden Leaves MTV|It Will Get Better For Mags, After It Gets Worse - Posted June 16, 2009
AgencySpy: The Wall Street Journal will be running its advertising column less often -- twice a week instead of five times. Says the 'Spy: "The section has been around for decades, and after you cut it to twice a week, there's not much left to cut." FishbowlDC: The Boston Globe has named... [FishBowlNY]

Murdoch: Newspapers Will Be Digital Within 10 Years - Posted June 9, 2009
News Corp. CEO and chairman Rupert Murdoch stopped by his Fox Business channel yesterday and sat down with Neil Cavuto to discuss the future of the various Fox channels and its interactive business, new News Corp. deputy chair Chase Carey and the state of the world. Murdoch even touched on his... [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]

J.P. Morgan Analyst Gives Boston Globe Hope - Posted May 15, 2009
Beleaguered newspaper The Boston Globe had a hopeful story today about the possibility of its survival. According to the paper, J.P. Morgan analyst Alexia Quadrani has said that the Globe's owner, the New York Times Co., appears to be committed to the Boston paper "long term." Last month, the Times Co. threatened to... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Raising Prices - Posted April 9, 2009
Union members at the The Boston Globe, which is set to lose $85 million this year, are mad because its parent company -- the New York Times Co. -- wants huge cuts to save money. "The company's demands are outrageous," Daniel Totten, the union's president told the Times. "We're willing to consider... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Raising Prices - Posted April 9, 2009
Union members at the The Boston Globe, which is set to lose $85 million this year, are mad because its parent company -- the New York Times Co. -- wants huge cuts to save money. "The company's demands are outrageous," Daniel Totten, the union's president told the Times. "We're willing to consider... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Co. Threatens to Close Down Boston Globe - Posted April 4, 2009
The New York Times Co. isn't fooling around with these cutbacks! Richard Perez-Pena is reporting in today's NYT that the company is looking into closing(not selling, but closing) The Boston Globe "unless labor unions agree to concessions like pay cuts and the cessation of pension contributions, according to a person... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Co. Threatens to Close Down The Boston Globe - Posted April 4, 2009
The New York Times Co. isn't fooling around with these cutbacks! Richard Perez-Pena is reporting in today's NYT that the company is looking into closing(not selling, but closing) The Boston Globe "unless labor unions agree to concessions like pay cuts and the cessation of pension contributions, according to a person... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Co. Threatens to Close Down The Boston Globe - Posted April 4, 2009
The New York Times Co. isn't fooling around with these cutbacks! Richard Perez-Pena is reporting in today's NYT that the company is looking into closing(not selling, but closing) The Boston Globe "unless labor unions agree to concessions like pay cuts and the cessation of pension contributions, according to a person... [FishBowlNY]