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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Hearst stirs resentments in S.F.
Many of us came to work at newspapers not just to make a living but to do our part to promote truth, justice, fairness and decency in our own small way. We do that daily -- and it shows in our award-winning newspaper and website. Unfortunately, Chronicle management doesn't seem to believe in -- or practice -- the same principles. At least not when it comes to us: the people who have made huge sacrifices to keep this paper alive. BARGAINING BULLETIN Talks on hold at Chronicle as membership gathers With a one-week break, Chronicle management still was not prepared to respond to our latest proposals -- vacation, 401(k), pension, health care, raises, among others -- and could not meet for negotiations today. We do plan to reschedule talks and keep the dialogue going, however. In the meantime, the Bargaining Committee worked on strategy options that we will discuss at tonight's general membership meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Guild conference room. BARGAINING BULLETIN Negotiators confront nay-saying management in SF Chronicle members to meet July 22 After two days of talks, we ended up discovering where Chronicle management's boundaries lie and what we can achieve in this economic climate. The bottom line: Not much. Guild negotiators proposed a two-year contract that would include pay increases, new money to protect health care, retirement gains, more vacation time and a shorter workweek. Management's idea: An 18-month extension of the current contract, with a new shade of lipstick dabbed here and there. Unit leaders called a membership meeting to air options. BARGAINING BULLETIN Talks focus on non-money issues at Chronicle Citing losses, management rejects pay raises Guild negotiators exchanged new contract proposals Wednesday with representatives of the San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate.com. Management proposed an 18-month extension, including a pay freeze and no extra money for health care -- or anything else. The Guild committee continued to press for improvements but focused on some non-money issues where agreements may be in reach. The talks continue Thursday. More local news
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NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY
McClatchy 2Q earnings plunge but ad slump eases McClatchy Co.'s second-quarter earnings plunged as the newspaper publisher shouldered higher costs on its debt to buy more time to recover from a bedeviling ad slump. Thomson Reuters Q2 profit slips 8% News and information provider Thomson Reuters Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter net income fell 8% on weakness in its legal and markets divisions. The company is still recovering from last year's economic downturn, which put a crimp in budgets at many of the law firms and financial institutions that it counts as customers. Study: Newspapers sink below internet and TV as information sources Newspapers continue to be seen as less important at their primary job -- being sources of information -- according to the latest edition of the nine-year-old Digital Future Project from the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism. How WikiLeaks is changing the news power structure WikiLeaks' Julian Assange has figured out that on the Internet, being homeless means you don't have to play by anybody's rules. Stockton Record says paywall a success so far The Record figured it would lose half its viewership online and unique users, but has lost just between 30 and 35% of its page views and only a quarter of its unique users. Zell's not the bad guy In Tribune Co.'s collapse The exhaustive report of the independent examiner in Tribune Co.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case doesn't name names when it charges the 2007 going-private deal may very well have been a "fraudulent conveyance," that is, so overloaded with debt that the Chicago media giant was insolvent from day one.
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News flash! Circulation up 1042%! Wow. If the multi-platform strategy -- newspapers, online editions, replica e-editions, iPad editions, smartphone editions, holographic ones to come -- works, we'll see circulation reports unlike those ever reported. That's because ABC, the industry's Audit Bureau of Circulations, has loosened its counting standards yet again. Circ accounts for nearly 30% of total revenue at Dallas Morning News parent A.H. Belo Circ is really pulling its weight at A.H. Belo Corp. In a conference call with analysts Monday afternoon, Belo executives said revenue from circulation now accounts for 29.2% of total revenue, principally a result of higher subscription prices at its flagship Dallas Morning News. Judge to Conrad Black: No Canada for you A federal judge ordered Conrad Black to surrender his passport Friday, meaning the former media mogul can't return to his home in Canada now that he's free on $2 million bond. More industry news
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New Times, New GuildHere are links to our week-long series, "New Times: New Guild," detailing how we have begun trying to move forward through the economic turmoil gripping the news industry. The series highlights projects including creation of the first Freelance Unit in the Guild, our role in the Bay Area News Project, growth of our statewide California Federation of Interpreters Unit, the 2010 bargaining outlook, a language and cultural awareness project, mobilizing at MediaNews and an ambitious jobs-training effort. Local President Michael Cabanatuan provides an overview of the entire series. We welcome your response — please send us an email.
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