Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Condé Nast
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Condé Nast

New Indian Express  

NEW YORK: Journalists at The New York Daily News and Forbes walked off the job Thursday, Jan 25, 2024, amid contentious contract talks with management and a difficult few weeks in the news industry. In midtown Manhattan, dozens of Daily News staffers and their supporters picketed Thursday outside a small co-working space — the newspaper’s office since its lower Manhattan newsroom was shuttered in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. Strikers marched around the building holding signs that read “New York Needs Its Hometown Paper” and “Alden to News: Drop Dead,” a reference to the tabloid’s famous 1975 headline. The Daily News union says their walkout is in protest of cost-cutting moves by owners Alden Global Capital, an investment firm that purchased the storied paper in 2021.

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'Wall Street Journal' layoffs continue, despite lucrative AI deal and record profits
6 months, 3 weeks ago

'Wall Street Journal' layoffs continue, despite lucrative AI deal and record profits

NPR  

'Wall Street Journal' layoffs continue, despite lucrative AI deal and record profits toggle caption Mary Altaffer/AP The Wall Street Journal has laid off even more journalists, despite a surge in paid subscribers, strong profits at its parent company, and a new nine-figure licensing deal with OpenAI. “At some point it’s going to be hard to keep all the people on …

More than 200 staffers with Chicago Tribune and 6 other newsrooms begin 24-hour strike
10 months, 3 weeks ago

More than 200 staffers with Chicago Tribune and 6 other newsrooms begin 24-hour strike

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Chicago Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation began a 24-hour strike Thursday to protest years of “slow-walked” contract negotiations and to demand fair wages. It said the staffers “have been fighting for a contract through their unions for as long as five years.” The walkout “is …

Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Condé Nast
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Condé Nast

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Journalists at The New York Daily News and Forbes walked off the job Thursday amid contentious contract talks with management and a difficult few weeks in the news industry. Daily News employees picket outside the newspaper’s headquarters at 1412 Broadway, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. “We are taking this unprecedented step to show that we …

Los Angeles Times to lay off one-fourth of newsroom staff starting this week, union head says
11 months ago

Los Angeles Times to lay off one-fourth of newsroom staff starting this week, union head says

New Indian Express  

LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Times plans to lay off 94 newsroom employees — one-fourth of its newsroom staff — starting Tuesday, a number that is substantial but less than feared, the head of the journalists union said. The announcement comes after the LA Times Guild walked off the job last Friday to protest the imminent layoffs, the first newsroom …

Los Angeles Times to lay off 20% of newsroom, one of the largest staff reductions in paper’s history
11 months ago

Los Angeles Times to lay off 20% of newsroom, one of the largest staff reductions in paper’s history

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Times said it planned to lay off at least 115 employees — more than 20% of the newsroom — starting Tuesday, one of the largest staff cuts in the newspaper’s 143-year history. The announcement came after the LA Times Guild walked off the job last Friday to protest the imminent layoffs, the institution’s first …

Los Angeles Times to lay off ‘significant’ number of employees, union says
11 months ago

Los Angeles Times to lay off ‘significant’ number of employees, union says

Al Jazeera  

The Los Angeles Times is planning to lay off a “significant” number of journalists, the newspaper’s union has said, becoming the latest media outlet to shed employees in an era of collapsing advertising revenues. “The management of the Los Angeles Times has announced that it intends to imminently lay off a significant number of journalists, and is asking the Guild …

Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain
1 year, 6 months ago

Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest newspaper chain. Susan DeCarava, president of the The NewsGuild of New York, called the shareholder meeting “a slap in the face to the hundreds of …

Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest U.S. newspaper chain
1 year, 6 months ago

Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest U.S. newspaper chain

LA Times  

Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest newspaper chain. Susan DeCarava, president of the the NewsGuild of New York, called the shareholder meeting “a slap in the face to the hundreds of Gannett journalists who …

Journalists at Gannett newspapers walk out over deep cuts and low pay
1 year, 6 months ago

Journalists at Gannett newspapers walk out over deep cuts and low pay

NPR  

Journalists at Gannett newspapers walk out over deep cuts and low pay Enlarge this image toggle caption Richard Drew/AP Richard Drew/AP Hundreds of journalists are walking off the job Monday and Tuesday at two dozen newspapers owned by the Gannett company. According to Jon Schleuss, the president of the NewsGuild, corporate executives have eliminated 54% of the combined workforce of …

US media rocked by massive job cuts amid economic gloom
1 year, 11 months ago

US media rocked by massive job cuts amid economic gloom

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW YORK: From CNN to the Washington Post, US media are facing tough times, as a series of outlets have announced layoffs this winter amid fears of an economic downturn. In a memo to staff on Friday, Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff announced "the difficult decision to eliminate roughly seven percent of our staff roles across departments due to the …

The New York Times staffers go on a 24-hour strike over low wages
2 years ago

The New York Times staffers go on a 24-hour strike over low wages

Op India  

American news daily, The New York Times might be heading for hard times as hundreds of its employees began a 24-hour strike on Thursday, over poor pay and work conditions. Hundreds of journalists and other employees at The New York Times began a 24-hour walkout in what would be the first strike of its kind at the newspaper in more …

NYT journalists, workers on 24-hour strike for ‘better newsroom’
2 years ago

NYT journalists, workers on 24-hour strike for ‘better newsroom’

Al Jazeera  

Employees hold first such strike at the newspaper in more than 40 years as negotiations over contracts drag on. Newsroom employees and other members of The NewsGuild of New York – the union for news professionals in the United States’ media capital – said they were fed up with bargaining that has dragged on since their last contract expired in …

As BuzzFeed nears SPAC deal, news employees stage walkout
3 years ago

As BuzzFeed nears SPAC deal, news employees stage walkout

LA Times  

BuzzFeed News employees on Thursday walked off the job as the company plans to trade on the stock market. The walkout is intended to “send a reminder that there’s no BuzzFeed News without us as we fight for our first collective bargaining agreement,” the union said on Twitter. BuzzFeed, a New York-based news and entertainment media company, said it employs …

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