Huh, I was told two years: Why I am Buying a Boston Globe Today
Message: NO ONE LIKES a AGENDA-PUSHING LIAR (least of all this blog)!!!
"Times Co. threatens to shut Globe; seeks $20m in cuts from unions; Paper reported to face $85m loss this year, as recession, Internet economy batter news industry" by Robert Gavin and Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | April 4, 2009
Yeah, they STILL DON'T SEE that the LYING AGENDA-PUSHING is what has RUINED NEWSPAPERS!!!
IRAQ was the FATAL MISTAKE!!!
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That's the pro-labor, liberal paper talking? Another lie exposed!
Executives from the Times Co. and Globe made the demands Thursday morning in an approximately 90-minute meeting with leaders of the newspaper's 13 unions, union officials said. The possible concessions include pay cuts, the end of pension contributions by the company, and the elimination of lifetime job guarantees now enjoyed by some veteran employees, said Daniel Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, the Globe's biggest union, which represents more than 700 editorial, advertising, and business office employees....
Maybe you can JOIN US and tell us how you REALLY FEEL, reporters, because (as I have been saying) YOUR EDITORS NEVER GAVE a SHIT about YOU!!!!
Ralph Giallanella, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 259, which represents about 200 drivers who deliver the newspaper: "We all know the newspaper industry is going through great transition and loss. The ad revenues have fallen off the cliff. Just based on everything that's going on around the country, they're serious."
Totten said the Times Co. officials wanted the concessions within 30 days or else the paper would be shuttered.... Catherine Mathis, a Times Co. spokeswoman, declined to comment last night. Globe publisher P. Steven Ainsley also declined to comment.
The newspaper industry, which had already been struggling as readers and advertisers moved to the Internet, has been hard hit by the recession, and the Globe is no exception. The newspaper's advertising revenues have declined sharply in recent years; once robustly profitable, it is now losing money.
NO ONE LIKES a LIAR!!!!!!!!
Or a PERVERT: The Boston Globe is Pornography
This week, the Globe newsroom completed cutting the equivalent of 50 full-time jobs. But the deteriorating economy has made the Globe's financial outlook much worse. Management told union leaders Thursday that the Globe will lose $85 million in 2009 unless serious cutbacks are made, according to a Globe employee briefed on the discussions. Last year the paper lost an estimated $50 million, the employee said.
That's because (unlike me) most people DON'T LIKE PAYING GOOD MONEY for CRAP!!!!!
The Times Co. is seeking concessions from the unions because the New York company, which is also suffering from the recession, can no longer subsidize the Globe's losses, said the Globe employee who is not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. The Times Co. posted a net loss of $57.8 million in 2008.
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They are GETTING what THEY DESERVE for they have BROUGHT THIS ON THEMSELVES with their LYING, AGENDA-PUSHING GARBAGE!!!!
In recent months, the Times Co. has taken steps to raise cash. It has been shopping its stake in the Red Sox, and recently sold most of its headquarters in New York, while leasing back the office space. It received $250 million from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, agreeing to pay 14 percent interest. It also suspended shareholder dividends to save about $130 million. New York Times shares closed at $5.05 yesterday, up 1.8 percent, but have fallen 74 percent in 12 months....
Yup, EVERYTHING the LYING JEW YORK TIMES has done has been ineffective.
You would think that maybe they would start telling the truth, but you would be wrong. Instead, they have JUST GOTTEN WORSE (as this blog has demonstrated)!
Lou Ureneck, chairman of the journalism department at Boston University's College of Communications, said he believed the Times Co. is hoping to get the concessions and keep publishing the Globe. But he said the Times Co. management seems to have decided that the flagship New York Times newspaper is its top priority and it will no longer subsidize its New England newspaper group, which has underperformed the company as a whole.
"The New York Times Co. has its back up against the wall, and it's looking at ways to survive," Ureneck said. "The Globe has become a drag on earnings at The New York Times Co. at a time when it can't afford it."
I say LET IT DIE!! Let ALL of the LYING AmeriKan MSM NEWSPAPERS DIE!!!! LONG LIVE the BLOGS!!!!! WE'VE WON!!!!!!!!!!!
Ureneck said a shutdown of the Globe would be a catastrophe for the community. It's a crucial part of life in Boston," he said. "This city would be diminished by the loss of The Boston Globe. I can't even imagine it."
The Globe is the 14th-largest paper in the country and by far the region's circulation leader.
Local leaders yesterday expressed shock at the possibility of the Globe's closure and trepidation over a future without it.
"I believe in good government, and I believe good government depends on a strong paper, and the Globe has served that role in Massachusetts for a long time," said Governor Deval Patrick, who had a Globe paper route while a student at Milton Academy. "It's hard to imagine starting the day or doing this current job without the Globe."
I can see why he would feel that way, the lying little weasel!
FLASHBACK: Patrick's office:
"I'm not sure what to say about the Globe story except we move on. I know it's not a good answer but unfortunately this is what we can expect from the Globe and Herald and we have to focus on producing some good news, bridge announcements etc., . . . and focus on getting that news in the papers outside of Boston. --more--"
Also see: Slow Saturday Special: No Purchase and Governor Patrick's Phibs
Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston said the city would lose a vital institution.
"The Globe helped build Boston," Menino said last night. "The Globe holds people accountable on the issues, and that's important. We might not like it sometimes. Sometimes we don't agree. But they ask the tough questions - backed up with real data."
I can see why he would feel that way, too!
Also see: The Boston Globe's Hatchet Job on the Boston Herald
You guys put porn stars coming to Brandeis in the paper and you are tossing stones at the Herald? Pfffftt!
.... In addition to pay cuts, the Times Co. is also asking to cut its contributions to healthcare and 401(k) plans, according to the employee briefed on the discussions. Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, said management should lead by example and take additional cuts in pay and jobs.
Yeah, right! That's like asking a shark to stop eating.
The Times Co. recently said nonunion managers would take a 5 percent pay cut through December, but receive an additional 10 vacation days this year.
Giallanella, of the Teamsters Local 259, said it will be easier to sell concessions to his members if they see management sharing the burden. "I don't think we have any choice but to make these serious decisions and do our best to work through this," he said. "Hundreds of jobs are at stake, and the future of The Boston Globe."
Goodbye, Globe!
Also see: Slow Saturday Special: No Purchase Protest
You know, between the lying and covering up, it's no wonder the Globe is tanking.
Yes, I will be purchasing them this weekend, but only in a nostalgic way.
Looks like this blog will be slowing down sooner than I thought.
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P.S.
Good day, readers.
I have a basketball game thos morning and there are tournament games on later in the afternoon. I have a huge backlog of drafts right now, but I really don't care. Looks like I will have plenty of time to dig them out later, so why hassle it?
Nothing but lying, agenda-pushing, war-promoting propaganda anyway. Update: This is the reason they are failing so badly!
Here is your NATIONAL LEAD come upon a Saturday:
Iowa is third state to legalize gay marriage
That's THE MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL ISSUE going, huh, Globe?
Siiiiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhh!!!!
The thing is so full of agenda-pushing war propaganda today, readers, it makes me sad. It makes me not want to post for you here. It's why they are going down.
I was only joking about being their last reader, but it turns out (once again) that I WAS RIGHT!!!!!!
