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• Boston Update: Guild, Globe Try To Find Way Back From Abyss

  Content Next - 2009-06-16

  Boston Globe representatives insisted for days that Monday's meeting between the paper and the Boston Newspaper Guild would be purely informational, focusing on the imposition of a 23 percent wage cut on union members following the defeat of a $10 million concessions package. Apparently, both sides got enough "information"...

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• Boston Globe, Union Discuss Concessions

  Reuters - 2009-06-15

  By Robert MacMillan and Erin KutzNEW YORK/WEYMOUTH, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Boston Globe and a key union held marathon talks over employee concessions on Monday and will reconvene on Tuesday, raising the possibility of a new outcome to a bitter labor dispute at the 137-year-old daily newspaper.The Globe and the...

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• Possible Boston Globe Buyers Emerge But Don't Hold Your Breath

  Content Next - 2009-06-12

  Live in Boston, have access to at least $100 million or so and like a good challenge? You, too, could be a possible bidder for the Boston Globe, the latest asset being shopped by the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) The latest three names to emerge come courtesy...

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• Three Suitors Emerge For Boston Globe: Report

  Reuters - 2009-06-12

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three Boston businessmen, including a member of the family that used to own The Boston Globe, have emerged as suitors for the 137-year-old daily newspaper that The New York Times Co is trying to sell, the Globe reported on Friday.The three are Stephen Pagliuca, a managing...

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• Boston Fund Manager Shows Interest In Buying The Boston Globe

  Content Next - 2009-06-11

  A union pension fund manager has emerged as the first public suitor for the Boston Globe. Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. confirmed its interest to the Boston Herald, saying the Globe fits its investment profile and that is has been pursuing a purchase for about 10 weeks. The company,...

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• Media Roundup: The Boston Globe Rejects Paycut, Twitter Powered By a Small Number of Users and More

  BNET - 2009-06-10

  In Today’s Media Roundup: The Boston Globe rejects, Twitter powered by a small number of users, Bing stealing market share from Yahoo and Google, Web video watchers may be ready to leave cable and Murdoch sees a digital future. by Sean Blanda

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• NYT: $20 Million Mix Of Concessions, Imposed Wage Cuts Saves Globe (For Now)

  Content Next - 2009-06-09

  The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) said Tuesday that it will keep the Boston Globe open despite the Boston Newspaper Guild's narrow vote against va concession package. We reported last night that the company had no plans to file the 60-day warning notice that would have to precede...

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• Boston Globe Guild Narrowly Rejects $10 Million In Concessions: 277-265

  Content Next - 2009-06-09

  The results are in earlier than expected: members of the Boston Newspaper Guild narrowly rejected a concession package worth $10 million dollars, setting in motion reprisals by the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) that at their worst could mean the end of the Boston Globe. At the least,...

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• Boston Globe Union Rejects Cuts, Times to Slash Pay

  Reuters - 2009-06-08

  By Robert MacMillanNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Boston Globe's largest union narrowly rejected concessions on Monday that owner New York Times Co said would save $10 million, raising the possibility of the 137-year-old daily newspaper's demise.Members of the Boston Newspaper Guild voted 277-265 against accepting the concessions, which include an...

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• Boston Globe Journalists Face Tough Decision In Guild Vote

  Content Next - 2009-06-08

  As I write, members of the Boston Newspaper Guild are voting for their future in a 12-hour marathon. Will they roll the dice in the hopes the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) is bluffing about imposing a 23 percent pay cut and possibly shutting the paper? Or will...

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