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A Century Later, Teddy Roosevelt’s Speech on Corporate Power Ex-Presidents almost always follow a small number of well-worn scripts. Some rush to cash in on their celebrity. Some do charitable good deeds. Some just lay low. Exactly one century ago, on August 31, 1910, we had an ex-President who took a brash and bold leap that took him far beyond these narrowly circumscribed roles. On that day, in the middle of Middle America, Theodore Roosevelt essentially called on his fellow citizens to smash the nation’s rich down to democratic size. Analyst: Paywall Subscribers Worth A Quarter Of Print Readers Even if newspapers migrate every print reader to paying online, they will still face big losses, according to one analyst. Annual income per paywall subscriber on TheTimes.co.uk and WSJ.com is just a quarter that from subscribers to UK quality dailies’ print editions, he concludes, while switching off the presses might save newspapers 25% of their total costs -- which is not enough to make up the gap from the smaller online income. |
THE GUILD REPORTER GR EXTRA! 'Old' uses 'new' media in fight to preserve local nature of newspaper Employees at The Nugget in North Bay, Ont., are using social networking and transit ads to enlist readers and advertisers in their battle to preserve the local nature of the daily newspaper. Dave Dale, president of the North Bay Newspaper Guild, says his remaining 70 members are frustrated by layoffs, consolidations and looming contract clawbacks as Quebecor-owned Sun Media squeezes small-town assets to shore up the bottom line in bigger centres. GR EXTRA! Hearst rapped for unilateral Albany layoffs The Hearst Corp. was rapped on its knuckles by an administrative law judge last week, who concluded that the Albany Times Union engaged in a charade when it laid off 11 employees represented by the Albany Newspaper Guild while supposedly negotiating over layoff criteria. The Aug. 18 decision by Judge Mark Carissimi orders the newspaper to reinstate the employees and to pay them their lost earnings, with interest, plus such other other benefits as "they may have suffered by reason of its unilateral action." GR EXTRA! A contract in Hilo -- after six years and 12 ULPs The Hawaii Newspaper Guild and the Hawaii Tribune-Herald have signed a two-year contract after nearly six years of negotiations, providing employees with their first wage increases since Jan. 1, 2002. During this time the Tribune-Herald was found guilty of 12 unfair labor practice charges by an administrative law judge, including the illegal firing of veteran reporters Hunter Bishop and Dave Smith, both of whom were union leaders. GR EXTRA! Six explanations of why unions make a positive difference Ten years ago this week, the Toledo Newspaper Guild's executive committee began awarding $500 scholarships annually to members or member’s families. This year it is awarding six such scholarships, and it's particularly gratifying when reviewing the applications to read the section in which candidates are asked for a brief description of how unions have made a difference in their lives. GR EXTRA! San Juan employees win back pay award, but their newspaper has closed its doors A U.S. District Court in San Juan this week ordered payment of four years of back wages to five employees fired by the San Juan Star -- nearly six years ago. Whether those former employees actually get any money, however, remains an open question, not least because the Star closed its doors two years ago. More Guild Reporter Extra! stories 
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NEWS OF THE GUILD & INDUSTRY
Has Rupert Murdoch's paywall gamble paid off? As the fugitive businessman Asil Nadir flew back to Britain from his North Cyprus bolt-hole last week, Sean O'Neill, the crime editor of The Times, scooped Fleet Street by being the only print journalist on the plane. Yet those searching Google for the latest on the breaking story that morning would have found no sign of O'Neill's exclusive -- only follow-up stories by rival news organizations such as The Guardian and ITN Stop killings of Honduran journalists Honduran radio reporter Israel Zelaya Díaz was found dead Tuesday night on the side of a rural road in San Pedro Sula, making him at least the eighth journalist killed in that country this year. If past killings are any guide, his murder will go unsolved -- a pattern that suggests a deeper breakdown of law and order, undermining Honduras' desire to put last year's political violence behind it. Next big thing? TV-newspaper staff mergers Newspaper and TV newsroom mergers could become the next big thing as profit-pressed publishers and broadcasters seek to cut costs and strengthen their digital presence. But will hybrid newsrooms live up the promises of producing better journalism? The performance of the longest-running major newsroom merger -- the combination 10 years ago of the Tampa Tribune and WFLA -- is far from encouraging.
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Board majority finds union’s annual renewal requirement for dues objectors was unlawful The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that a union violated its duty of fair representation in requiring nonmember dues objectors to restate their position every year, despite their express desire to have the objection continue from year to year. The ruling grew out of a case in which a union member had informed his union that he wished his objection to continue indefinitely; the union responded that all dues objections had to be restated annually. Newspapers’ sale deadline extended for 2 weeks The formal sale date of The Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News has been extended for two weeks to permit the prospective new owners more time to resolve contract issues with five unions. The closing deadline for the sale had been today, but Chief Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Raslavich extended it until noon Sept. 14 at the request of Philadelphia Media Network Inc., a collection of 16 financial institutions that bought The Inquirer, the Daily News, and the website Philly.com. Media Manipulates the 'End' of the War in Iraq Sadly, it is not merely the president and others who have a political motive for perpetuating the myth that the United States has ended our national nightmare in Iraq. More troubling has been the performance of the mainstream media, which, in print and on television, have been witting pawns in this massive deception, reporting on the war as if it were truly over, celebrating this historical moment and ignoring crucial details. More Guild & industry news
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