Posted inGannett Company Inc Labor and Jobs News and News Media Newspapers Reed, Mike Strikes Hundreds of Gannett Journalists Walk Out The union representing the company’s newsroom employees has urged a vote of no-confidence against the C.E.O. at a shareholder meeting on Monday. Posted by By Katie Robertson
Posted inGannett Company Inc Layoffs and Job Reductions National Public Radio News and News Media Newspapers Samuel, Terence USA Today NPR’s Terence Samuel Is Named Top Editor of USA Today Mr. Samuel, who will start in July, has overseen NPR’s news gathering. Posted by By Katie Robertson
Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) Equity Investments Equity Office Properties Trust Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Newspapers Real Estate and Housing (Residential) Tribune Publishing Company Sam Zell, 81, Tycoon Whose Big Newspaper Venture Went Bust, Dies With a fortune made in real estate, he went into the media business in a landmark leveraged buyout of the Tribune Company in 2007. Bankruptcy ensued. Posted by By Robert D. McFadden
Posted inComputers and the Internet Cyberattacks and Hackers Elections, Mayors News and News Media Newspapers Philadelphia (Pa) Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia Inquirer Primaries and Caucuses Possible Cyberattack Disrupts The Philadelphia Inquirer The Inquirer, citing “anomalous activity” on its computer systems, said it was unable to print its regular Sunday edition and told staff members not to work in the newsroom at least through Tuesday. Posted by By Michael Levenson