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06.08.2009 10:09 pm

Boston Globe union rejects contract, faces 23% pay cut

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Boston Globe’s largest union tonight rejected a contract with deep pay and benefit cuts that the New York Times Co. — the Globe’s parent — said were needed to keep the Globe from shutting down.

The Times immediately said it…

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05.06.2009 12:04 pm

Is liberal bias the reason newspapers are struggling?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jeff Jacoby, a columnist for the Boston Globe, says the answer is no.

Political leanings have nothing to do with it, he writes in a column today. The growth of the internet has left the traditional newspaper business model in shambles…

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04.21.2009 11:53 am

Sen. Kerry announces hearings on plight of newspaper industry

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Sen. John F. Kerry says he’ll hold hearings next week on financial problems facing the newspaper industry, according to the Boston Globe.

The Globe reported Monday that the Massachusetts Democrat announced the Senate Commerce Committee hearings in a letter he wrote…

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04.03.2009 9:05 pm

Boston Globe unions are told to make concessions or face shutdown

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Union leaders at the Boston Globe say the New York Times Co. has threatened to shut down the Globe unless its unions make $20 million in concessions.

The Boston Globe is reporting tonight:

Executives from the Times Co. and Globe made the demands…

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01.08.2009 11:43 am

Boston Globe revives Page One ads

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Boston Globe has added its name to the list of newpapers that will resume selling front-page ads.  An article on boston.com notes that the Globe previously had ads on Page One,  but not for decades.

Meanwhile, the New York Post reports — just…

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