#Three New Jersey daily newspapers vote to unionize

#Three New Jersey daily newspapers vote to unionize

“#Three New Jersey daily newspapers vote to unionize” Journalists at the Bergen Record and two other New Jersey dailies owned by Gannett — the Daily Record in Morris County and the New Jersey Herald in Newton — voted overwhelmingly to unionize. The News Guild of New York said Friday the vote was 59-4 in favor…

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#News Corp. 3Q beats Wall Street expectations

#News Corp. 3Q beats Wall Street expectations

“#News Corp. 3Q beats Wall Street expectations” News Corp. beat Wall Street’s expectations for the quarter ended in March as it moved toward its most profitable year since it split off its entertainment arm in 2013. The company posted third-quarter revenues of $2.34 billion, up 3 percent jump over last year — beatings analysts’ expectations…

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#Union blasts Gannett for gender and racial pay gaps

#Union blasts Gannett for gender and racial pay gaps

“#Union blasts Gannett for gender and racial pay gaps” The fourteen papers that have unionized newsrooms at Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, are suffering from serious gender and racial pay gaps, according to an explosive study released Tuesday by News Guild-CWA. The News Guild–CWA said that white men at Gannett earn $15,700 more than…

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#The New York Times is retiring the word ‘op-ed’

#The New York Times is retiring the word ‘op-ed’

“#The New York Times is retiring the word ‘op-ed’” The New York Times announced Monday it will drop the term ‘op-ed’ from its pages — calling it “clubby newspaper jargon” that no longer makes sense given the way stories are placed online.  The Old Gray Lady’s opinion pages will simply refer to columns by the…

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