The Journal Register Company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month, ran into some opposition recently when it asked the bankruptcy court to approve bonuses to be paid to executives who reduced staff sizes in a timely manner by firing or laying off employees.According to Editor & Publisher‘s Fitz & Jen blog, [...]
The Minnesota Job Skills Partnership, an organization that brings together schools and businesses in order to train members of the workforce, has turned its attention to the newspaper industry, according to the Duluth News Tribune. For the first time in Minnesota — and perhaps in the nation — a journalism school has received a grant [...]
You never know where the next story might be coming from. It might emerge from vacuum tubes, a jukebox or a battered guitar amplifier. That’s where Joe Taschler of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found our top story – among people who were selling those parts online to buyers overseas. Dan Tracy of the Orlando Sentinel [...]
The Associated Press reports The Atlanta-Journal Constitution will merge its Tuesday-Saturday stand-alone business section with “an expanded A section” in order to cut costs as advertising revenue continues to decline.
The Associated Press has an article that examines television coverage of the latest stimulus plan. The article cites findings by several organizations that tracked and studied the coverage in detail. The findings show the stimulus may have been treated “like just another political battle.”
CNBC is reporting it will partner with “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” for a special series this week, “The Meltdown: Making Sense of it All.” Brian Williams was on “Power Lunch” Monday to promote the series that will delve into the financial crisis and offer an “understandable” look into the chaos for the “lay
