Tumultuous Year for Tribune Company Employees

Tribune Company Employees, or my family for that matter, will not soon forget 2007; it was a year of negative events and news. Below is a brief overview, with links back to each article, of the events reported on this blog for 2007.



January: 2007

• David Hiller video regarding unionism at the Newspaper
• David Hiller's Response to George Tedeschi Debate Request
• The anti-union banners inside the Los Angeles Times
• The Future of Tribune Company from Dennis FitzSimons
• Los Angeles Times Union Election
• Union Victory at the Los Angeles Times
• Los Angeles Times Union Election in the News
• David Hiller on Greater Web Presence
• Information From A Union Pressman
• LAT Computer Help Desk Outsourced
• Colleague Raquel Alvarez Cendejas Passing
• Union Election Challenged at LAT
• Three Bids for Tribune Company
• Woman jumped from Times garage
• Nothing Decided in Chicago Today
• Tribune Sale Pending
• David Hiller Taking the Times Where it Belongs
• MySpace, Oops I Mean MyLATimes
• The Passing of Our Friend Jose Calzadilla
• Union Election Challenged
• vBulletin Created for our Blog
• James O'Shea's address to Times staff
• Left in the Dark at Work
• ONLINE NEWSPAPER BLOG TRAFFIC GROWS 210 PERCENT
• Chandler Buyout Offer Expires Today
• National Labor Relations Board Hearing
• The Eagle Has Landed!

February: 2007

• Pressroom Seniority or Company Seniority
• Advertisements on the Front Pages of Newspapers
• Nominations for the Union Negotiating Team
• LATimes Online Changes
• Internet 101 at the Los Angeles Times
• New Los Angeles Times Blog - Homicide
• Tribune Fourth-Quarter Profit Soars 81 Percent to $239.1M
• Tribune 2006 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
• Tribune Likely Won't Face a Proxy Battle
• Dennis FitzSimons Update to Tribune Employees
• Tribune Board of Directors Meeting
• Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times
• Los Angeles Times versus Teamsters
• New Blog at the LA Times - Borderline
• Pressmen's Dinner Date and Location
• Video Blogger in the House - Jacob Soboroff
• Media Bistro Blogger Party
• Dean Baquet Keeps Firing At Tribune Co.
• Tina Kim to Appear at Our Dinner
• Election Hearing Update 02.17.07
• Trickle Down Theory History at Tribune
• Olympic Mailroom on Frontline
• Olympic Pressroom on Native Intelligence
• Editorial Department Downsizing at LAT
• LA Times Launches Fully Integrated Travel Redesign
• Revenues Down 5.0% in January for Tribune
• Tribune likely to try 'self-help' plan
• Blogging 101 for LAT Staff
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan at Tribune
• Tribune Considers Offer From Real Estate Magnate
• Will The Grave Dancer Dance On The LA Times' Grave?
• Otis Chandler - The Man the Publisher
• The Good Old Days Are Gone
• Cost Cutting Measures at Olympic

March: 2007

• James Young Retires From Pressroom
• The SpinOff Has Started at Tribune
• Mark Kurtich on LAT Subscriptions
• Media Bistro Blogger Party
• Sam Zell Could Well Be Better Than FitzSimons
• MediaNews nixes contract in Santa Cruz
• A Message From Jack
• Election of Bargaining Team
• Mike Rowe's Dirty Job
• Los Angeles Times Launches IMAGE
• NLRB REPORT ON OBJECTIONS
• Tribune Stock Falling Falling Falling
• Brian Grazer To Inaugurate Guest Editor Program
• Election to Stand at Los Angeles Times
• Tribune Revenues Down 3.4% in February
• Andres Martinez has resigned in the wake of "Grazergate."
• Statement from the Publisher on Grazergate
• Message From James O'Shea Editor LAT
• Tribune Gate
• Passing of Robert Roderick
• Pressmen's Dinner a Hit

April: 2007

• Sam Zell Gets The Tribune Company
• Editor removed over 'I Hate Blacks' column
• Hiller acknowledges LAT job cuts coming
• Hearst considering 'paperless' newspaper
• Spector page is live, a preview of where we're headed
• Message Dennis FitzSimons CEO Tribune
• Message from Russ Newton - V.P. Production
• Russ Newton Promoted to Senior V.P.
• Mark Kurtich Leaving Los Angeles Times
• Zell Bluntly Says L.A. Times Will Not Be Sold
• The Pulitzer Prizes
• 33 dead in Virginia Tech shootings
• Chronicle's front page shocker -- an ad
• Tribune Reports 2007 First Quarter Results
• Buyouts Coming to a Newspaper Near You
• Tribune Employee Website Updated
• LAT Buyout Offer to be Announced Monday
• L.A. Times Staff To Be Cut 5%, A New Disgrace
• David Hiller on Employee Voluntary Separation Program
• Buy-Outs/Layoffs in the GCC/IBT Represented Pressrooms?
• New Los Angeles Times Blogs
• Hiller And O'Shea Give LAT Staff Pure Drivel
• The Apprentice at the Los Angeles Times
• Mike Penner, Shocked Many Readers
• New Los Angeles Times Blog by Christine Daniels
• Festival of Books Weekend
• New presses ordered for Chronicle
• David Hiller on March Circulation Results

May: 2007

• LAT Paid Circulation Stabilizes, But New Cutbacks
• Aramark Taking Buyout at Los Angeles Times
• Tribune petitions FCC for Ownership Waivers
• LA Times Refuses to Hyperlink from Articles
• Top Ten Blogs at the Los Angeles Times
• Los Angeles Times Celebrates Biggest Festival of Books
• Aramark vs CulinArt
• Save Our Trade: What's going on?
• Griffith Park Fire Videos
• TRIBUNE ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN CHICAGO
• Teamster's GCC to be Certified at Los Angeles Times
• New Los Angeles Times Blogs
• Reporting jobs outsourced to India
• Los Angeles Times Blogosphere
• A fond farewell to the Tribune Tower
• What Are The Objections Regarding the Union Election?
• L.A. Times Has Grown Uneven; Buyouts Are Hurting
• Pressman (Jose Gomez) Injuried in Accident
• Guild at The Baltimore Sun launches SaveYourSun.org
• The Passing of Another Pressman - Richard Meinhardt
• Save Our Trade: Fools Rush In
• Services in memory of Frances C Hathaway
• Buyouts at a Newspaper Near You
• Al Martinez Forced Out at Los Angeles Times
• Al Martinez Forced To Retire By Jackass Tribune Co.
• The Writerly Pause Visit Al Martinez
• Prayer Request for Former Pressman John Bragg
• Tribune Announces Preliminary Results of Tender Offer
• Kanani: Callous Treatment of a Fifty Year Journalist
• Sam Zell is acquiring Tribune Company
• Welcome our new vendor, CulinArt, effective June 4, 2007
• O'Shea Fails To Promise No More Buyouts
• LAT Employees Taking the Buyout
• David Hiller on Times Change - What's Next
• Here is Al Martinez's final column

June: 2007

• Tribune Announces Offer of Settlement in Matthew Bender Tax Case
• FitzSimons, Hiller: From One Stupidity To Another
• The Day After at the Los Angeles Times
• Dennis FitzSimons on Recent Developments
• Tribune Executives Make a Bundle
• CulinArt Takes Over the Times Cafeterias
• FitzSimons Gets Rich, While LAT Staff Suffers
• Many out of work while a select few collect millions
• West Magazine Victim Of Slashers At Tribune Co.
• Woody J. from L.A.- Get Well Soon
• Examiner will launch in Los Angeles
• New Cafeteria at Olympic
• Billy Roundtree Promoted to Pressroom Supervisor
• What's the Truth Regarding Matt Welch?
• Save Our Trade: N.L.R.B. Decision
• Newspapers Reducing Size
• Producing the Los Angeles Times Video
• Tribune Revenues Down 11.1% in May
• Does Sam Zell Have Any (Good) Ideas On Future?
• Chatsworth Employees Reunion
• Mary Emma Esplin Funeral
• Managing Editor, Doug Frantz has decided to leave the LAT
• Renaming the Tribune Company
• L.A. Times Editor Typically In Chicago For 6 Days
  

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