Seattle Times and Newsday offer buyouts
Seattle Times editor Kathy Best writes in her buyouts memo: “I don’t want to lose any of you and I know that doing so carries a price for our newsroom and for our readers. But we don’t have a choice if...
View ArticleGawker union to management: ‘Reasonable across-the-board pay increases are...
Gawker Media union members received this email on Thursday morning [my boldface]: Dear WGAE-represented Gawker employee: The good news is that we are talking seriously with the company about pay. The...
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Departing Oregonian reporter: ‘If you write a story to win an award, you...
Two-time Pulitzer winner Richard Read wrote this farewell note to Oregonian colleagues after taking the paper’s buyout and leaving the paper on Dec. 31. “Hopefully other reporters can get a little bit...
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Gawker takes outside money for the first time
THE STORY: Gawker Media sells minority stake to investment company THE STAFF MEMO FROM NICK DENTON: Hey, everybody — I’m pleased to let you know that Gawker Media Group has agreed to a minority...
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Charleston Post and Courier parent sends employee W-2 information to scammer
The Charleston Post and Courier posted this column on February 26: One day later, the CEO of the newspaper’s parent company sent this email: Date: February 27, 2016 To: All Employees of Evening Post...
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Louisville Courier-Journal contest: Get social traffic and win an Apple Watch!
My tipster writes: “After repeatedly told website hits aren’t a competition between reporters in Louisville [at the Courier-Journal], here we have one. This email was sent out to reporters Tuesday...
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Gannett releases results of Engagement Survey
A reader sends this memo from Gannett “chief people officer” David Harmon: From: A message from Dave Harmon Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 3:24 PM To: A message from Dave Harmon Subject: Engagement Survey...
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