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Why the New York Times Co. will be in business until at least 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Due Date Looms, but Sulzbergers Should Be Able to Retain Control "The month of May came and went," the New York Times Co. told staff last Thursday, "and, contrary to the prediction of one writer, we did not stop printing." Post-Tribune Guild wants to buy newspaper Union employees at the Gary Post-Tribune are launching an effort to purchase the newspaper, which is the second largest newspaper in the bankrupt Sun-Times Media Group. Average time spent on top 30 newspaper Web sites declines The amount of time people spent at the top 30 newspaper Web sites is stuck in neutral if not reverse: More than half saw significant falloff in May. Star Tribune files plan to exit bankruptcy in fall The Star Tribune plans to exit bankruptcy in the fall, about 10 months after a sharp decline in advertising and circulation revenue forced it to default on heavy debt payments. Top 30 newspaper Web sites in May The dog days of summer arrived early for newspaper Web sites, with several leading outlets showing declines in unique visitor in May. The New York Times Co. has hired an investment bank to manage the possible sale of The Boston Globe, and the company plans to request bids for Boston's major daily in the next couple of weeks, according to two people who say they may make offers on the newspaper. Lenders may get control of Tribune Co. Chicago-based Tribune Co. and its creditors are in the early stages of negotiating a plan of reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court that sources said likely would transfer control of the troubled media conglomerate from Chicago billionaire Sam Zell to a group of large banks and investors that holds $8.6 billion in senior debt. Newspapers could die. Now what? In Baltimore next week, The Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland will ask the uncomfortable question: What happens to journalism if the the local newspaper ceases to exist? Layoff axe swings again at Sun-Sentinel Ongoing layoffs at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel will reduce the newsroom staff of the Tribune Co. paper by 20%, Editor and Senior Vice President Earl Maucker said Thursday. SPECIAL REPORT Chapter 11: The end, or a page-turner? For all the reversal of fortune newspapers have endured over the past half-century -- the disappearance of afternoon papers from big cities, diminished household penetration and accelerated loss of young readers with each new generation -- bankruptcy remained something that was merely covered in their business pages. It was something that happened to someone else. Sure, newspapers might disappear, but their corporate parents almost never went bankrupt. Newspapers Tweeting like crazy--but what are the rules? The explosion of Twitter and Facebook use by newspapers this spring has sparked a mixed bag of reaction from editors and other newsroom leaders over how to control -- or not control -- the use by their staffs. Chicago Tribune admits 'breach' Chicago Tribune halts project that let readers view unpublished story outlines A short-lived research project in which the Chicago Tribune solicited responses from current and former subscribers to descriptions of Tribune stories before they had been published has been halted after reporters raised journalistic concerns. |
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