http://www.sjguild.org Representing employees of the San Jose Mercury News and Monterey County Herald Copyright 2009 San Jose Newspaper Guild en-us Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:19:46 -0400 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:19:46 -0400 http://www.sjguild.org/rss/jpg/GuildNews.jpg http://www.sjguild.org 140 55 http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/ 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. http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/ http://www.slate.com/id/2265540/pagenum/all/ 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." http://www.slate.com/id/2265540/pagenum/all/ http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/philly-papers-deal-deadline-extended-as-negotiations-continue-62471-.aspx 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. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/philly-papers-deal-deadline-extended-as-negotiations-continue-62471-.aspx http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/business/media/30carr.html?_r=2&ref=media&pagewanted=all 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. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/business/media/30carr.html?_r=2&ref=media&pagewanted=all http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=11514815 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. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=11514815 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20100830_Newspaper_drivers_reject_tentative_contract.html 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. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20100830_Newspaper_drivers_reject_tentative_contract.html http://newsonomics.com/the-newsonomics-of-news-in-a-diversified-world/ 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 http://newsonomics.com/the-newsonomics-of-news-in-a-diversified-world/ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/hold.html 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. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/hold.html http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/colorado-mulls-shutting-down-journalism-school-62409-.aspx 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. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/colorado-mulls-shutting-down-journalism-school-62409-.aspx http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/washington-times-to-be-sold-62396-.aspx 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. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/washington-times-to-be-sold-62396-.aspx