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Daily News Editorial on Gay Scouting is So Out of Touch, It’s Gone With the Wind
Christine Flowers, a writer over at the Daily News, must have watched one too many movies from the late ’30s (and had one too many boxes […]
Newspaper Guild Accuses Lenfest of Stirring Trouble With Bonus Announcement
Gerry Lenfest was trying to stir trouble when he announced Wednesday that some — but not all — employees of Philadelphia Media Network will get […]
Gerry Lenfest Awards $1,000 Bonuses to Philly Newspaper Workers*
Here’s the good news: If you work for the Inquirer, Daily News, or Philly.com, Gerry Lenfest is going to give you $1,000. The not-so-thrilling news? […]
Newspapers Offer Buyout to Older Inquirer, Daily News Workers
Philadelphia Media Network is trying to shed some of its longest-tenured employees — Newspaper Guild members with 25 years or more working for the Inquirer, Daily […]
Stu Bykofsky’s Blog Suspended for Summer
A weekend blog post about immigration by Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky was removed from Philly.com because it didn’t go through the correct editorial processes, […]
Newspaper Guild Files Grievance Over “Dress Code”
Last week, the Newspaper Guild ratified a two-year contract with Philadelphia Media Network and it seemed a new era of labor peace might be at […]
Inquirer, Daily News Staffers Approve New Contract
Members of the Newspaper Guild on Monday night decisively approved a new contract that governs reporters, ad staffers and other support staffers at the Inquirer […]
Newspaper Guild Releases Details of Agreement
Posted by Inquirer Alumni Network on Saturday, June 27, 2015 With the future of Philly’s two major daily newspapers at stake and the clock ticking down […]
No Strike: Newspaper Guild, PMN Reach Tentative Agreement
There will be no Philadelphia newspaper strike after all. On Friday night — after an exhausting 11-hour negotiating session with a federal mediator, and 25 […]
Newspaper Strike Countdown: Scenes From Today’s Rally
Tick, tock. Hundreds of Newspaper Guild members marched during a noontime rally Thursday at the Market Street office of Philadelphia Media Network, chanting demands for […]
PMN to Journalists: Here’s How You Can Cross Picket Lines
With a possible strike by the Newspaper Guild looming, Philadelphia Media Network today sent employees a memo apparently aimed at getting them — or at […]
Lenfest to Journalists: Newspapers Aren’t A Charity
Gerry Lenfest may be one of Philly’s foremost philanthropists, but he’s not going to treat the newspapers he owns like a charity. That was the […]
Newspaper Guild Plans Thursday Rally
Negotiations between Philadelphia Media Network and the Newspaper Guild are apparently going down to the wire. The two sides reportedly for 11 hours with a […]
Here’s What’s at Stake in Newspaper-Union Battle Over Seniority
Who gets to be part of the future of Philadelphia’s biggest, most venerable journalistic enterprise? Young, eager newbies ready to stake their claim to the […]
(Update) Lenfest Vows to Publish If Journos Strike
(Updated at 7:08 p.m. with Newspaper Guild response.) The man who owns the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com vowed Thursday to keep publishing if journalists […]