Koenig & Bauer CEO Claus Bolza-Schunemann was honored April 25 with the Friedrich-Koenig medal for his exceptional achievements in press manufacturing, the company said.
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Monday, April 30, 2018
Today in Labor History
50,000 workers in Chicago were on strike, with 30,000 more joining in the next day. The strike brought most of Chicago’s manufacturing to a standstill. On May 3rd, Chicago cops killed four unionists. A mass meeting and demonstration was called for the 4th, in Haymarket Square, where a cop would be killed by an assailant who would never be identified. Ultimately, eight anarchists (many not even in attendance) would be tried for murder and sentenced to death. This event, known as the Haymarket Tragedy or the Haymarket Affair, would go on to be the inspiration for International Workers’ Day, celebrated on May 1st in every country in the world except the U.S. – 1886
The Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, miner’s strike continued, with 1,200 workers getting arrested and placed into specially erected bullpens until the strikes were broken. – 1889
An explosion at the Everettville mine in Everettville, West Virginia killed 109 miners, many of whom lie in unmarked graves to this day. – 1927
The TWU (Transport Workers Union) won $9.5 million in pensions for former Fifth Avenue Coach employees after a long court battle. – 1965
The Obama administration’s National Labor Relations Board implemented new rules to speed up unionization elections. The new rules were largely seen as a counter to employer manipulation of the law to prevent workers from unionizing. – 2012
Monday Morning in the Blogosphere
Los Angeles Times press room retirees Bob Lewis and Nash Berru,
both enjoying retirement
McClatchy reports more sharp revenue declines - Poynter
Trump critics fired at conservative site RedState - The Hill
8 journalists among 29 killed in Afghan suicide attack - CNN
Denver Post 'guts' cannabis news vertical - Marijuana Moment
The New York Times Continues to Build its Subscriber Base - Journalism.co.uk
Don't count on private equity to save newspapers - PitchBook News and Analysis
As EIC of Religion News Service is ousted, staff fears loss of editorial control - CJR
Charter Communications suffers worst rout in 9 years as home subscribers flee - SGVT
How Schibsted’s Norwegian Tabloid Used Documentaries to Add 20,000 Subscribers - Digiday
Friday, April 27, 2018
The 26th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is on Saturday, May 12
This Monday I will pickup the Stamp Out Hunger bags, that will be delivered with your regular mail, to San Dimas, La Verne, and Montclair Post Offices. I'm simply amazed at the amount of food collected in one day, the mail carriers do a wonderful job of filling their little trucks with food. The 26th annual food drive occurs in all fifty states, with millions of pounds of food donated.
Official webpage
Official webpage
Today in Labor History
The first strike for the 10 hour day occurred on this date by Boston carpenters. – 1825
1,450 paroled Union POWs died when the steamer Sultana blew up in the worst shipping disaster in American history. The river steamer Sultana was overloaded. It was equipped with tubular boilers which were not well-suited for use in the muddy waters of the lower Mississippi. The boat blew up and sank near Memphis, Tennessee. Over 2,300 perished in all, many of them emaciated Union soldiers returning north after being released from a Confederate prison camp. – 1865
Congress extended the Chinese Exclusion Act indefinitely (first passed in 1882 and again in 1902), making it unlawful for Chinese laborers to enter the U.S. and denying citizenship to those already here. – 1904
As we come marching, marching in the beauty of the day,
A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray,
Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses,
For the people hear us singing: “Bread and roses! Bread and roses!”
As we come marching, marching, we battle too for men,
For they are women’s children, and we mother them again.
Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses!
As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead
Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread.
Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew.
Yes, it is bread we fight for — but we fight for roses, too!
As we come marching, marching, we bring the greater days.
The rising of the women means the rising of the race.
No more the drudge and idler — ten that toil where one reposes,
But a sharing of life’s glories: Bread and roses! Bread and roses!
A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray,
Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses,
For the people hear us singing: “Bread and roses! Bread and roses!”
As we come marching, marching, we battle too for men,
For they are women’s children, and we mother them again.
Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses!
As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead
Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread.
Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew.
Yes, it is bread we fight for — but we fight for roses, too!
As we come marching, marching, we bring the greater days.
The rising of the women means the rising of the race.
No more the drudge and idler — ten that toil where one reposes,
But a sharing of life’s glories: Bread and roses! Bread and roses!
President Dwight Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment. The order listed “sexual perversion” as a condition for firing a federal employee and for denying employment to potential applicants. – 1953
A concrete cooling tower under construction at a power station at Willow Island, West Virginia, collapsed. All of the 51 construction workers on the scaffolding fell to their deaths. OSHA and the contractor agreed to settle the case for $85,500 (or about $1,700 per dead worker); no criminal charges were ever filed. The final OSHA rule on concrete and masonry construction was not issued for another 10 years and improved scaffolding rules, not until 1990. – 1978
News Media Alliance CEO to Congress: Google, Facebook should be accountable
News Media Alliance CEO David Chavern has called on major technology platforms, in particular, Facebook and Google, to take responsibility for the role they play in deciding, using algorithms, how and to whom news is distributed and the impact of those decisions on society.
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Friday Morning in the Blogosphere
Our clear skies have vanished this morning
A Lynching Memorial Is Opening - New York Times
Support flows in for #SaveStudentNewsrooms - Poynter
Vanity Fair Introduces a Metered Paywall - Folio Magazine
Rupert Murdoch Is About to Lose His Fleet Street Crown - Bloomberg
French Nonprofit Houses Refugee Journalists, Defends Press Freedom - CJR
Turkish court sentences 14 journalists and newspaper employees to prison - WaPo
Ashland mourns the loss of 137-year-old newspaper - Virginia Business Magazine
How Journalists Can Better Cover Neglected Communities - American Press Institute
Newsprint tariffs could stretch papers to breaking point - Indianapolis Business Journal
Thursday, April 26, 2018
From: Jim Kirk Editor in Chief L.A. Times
From: Kirk, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 3:25 PM
Subject: Pay Study
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 3:25 PM
Subject: Pay Study
Dear Colleagues,
We’ve heard from many employees about the Guild’s recent pay study, which the Guild compiled using salary and demographic information that the Los Angeles Times provided the union in response to its information requests. The Times takes diversity and inclusion, as well as compensation, in its newsroom seriously. We continually strive to make our newsroom reflective of the southern California region that we serve and to pay our employees fairly and competitively in the context of our challenged media business.
We’ve made significant strides in growing a diverse and inclusive staff. The Los Angeles Times has taken important steps to open pathways for more diverse candidates to gain experience in our newsroom, through our successful MetPro program. As a general matter, our newer employees tend to be more diverse than our longer-service employees who have worked many years, even decades, in journalism careers – a dynamic that is not unique to the Times but is industrywide. In fact, based on 2017 ASNE data, the Los Angeles Times is comparatively more diverse than either of its largest daily competitors, The New York Times and The Washington Post. And we’ve made comparatively more progress over the past five years with our ongoing efforts to increase diversity in the Los Angeles Times’ newsroom:
[Chart showing LA Times newsroom diversity is higher than at the New York Times or Washington Post.]
We are committed to continued progress in this area.
We are also committed to ensuring that our talented colleagues are compensated fairly and appropriately at the LA Times. Many legitimate factors weigh into the salaries for professional journalists. Most of our journalists perform highly individualized roles – even if they share a reporter or other common job title in our newsroom. They have varying years of experience here at the Times, and they come to the Times with various levels of prior experience – some after many years with other major news organizations. And they each bring individual talents, performance and contributions to their roles.
We have asked the Guild for detailed information about the methodologies and factors that it considered and applied in its pay study, so that we can better understand the Study and evaluate the Guild’s assessment of generalized and individualized pay differences. That information is especially important as we prepare for the start of negotiations for a first labor contract that will address, among other things, wages for unit employees. In the meantime, we will continue our efforts to produce outstanding journalism for the national audiences and California communities we serve – through the increasingly diverse voices and talents in our newsroom.
Jim
Today in Labor History
The Anti-Coolie Act of April 26th, 1862 was passed. It was titled “An Act to Protect Free White Labor.” The law was one of a series of xenophobic laws enacted specifically to block the immigration of Chinese to the U.S., particularly in California. – 1862
The U.S. Congress continued its xenophobic and racist practices by passing the second Chinese Exclusion Act, barring Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. for the next 10 years and denying citizenship to the Chinese already here. In 1904 the act was extended indefinitely. – 1902
The U.S. House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution No. 184, a constitutional amendment to prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age. The Senate approved the measure a few weeks later, but it was never ratified by the states and is still technically pending, not having been ratified by the requisite three-quarters of the states. – 1924
After management at Montgomery Ward repeatedly refused to comply with an order by the National War Labor Board (created to avert strikes in critical war-support industries) to recognize the workers’ union and abide by the collective bargaining agreement that the board worked out, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the Army National Guard to seize the company’s property in Chicago and remove its chairman, Sewell Avery. – 1944
60,000 people marched on Washington, D.C., demanding jobs for all Americans. Angry people rushed the stage, which included mainstream politicians like Hubert Humphrey, and caused the rally to be shut down prematurely. – 1975
As the U.S. car industry tanked, the UAW agreed to concessions with Chrysler Corporation in return for a 55 percent stake in the company. The union then sold the shares to fund a trust that took over retiree health care costs. – 2009
Merger forms GammerlerTech Corporation
Gammerler (US) Corporation and GammTech Corporation are merging to form a new company, GammerlerTech Corporation.
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Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere
The Gothamist relaunches today - Gothamist
Stabbed ADN carrier keeps delivering papers - KTVA
Assault on newspapers must be rebuffed - Sauk Valley
Sinclair amends filing for Tribune stations deal - Robert Feder
LA Times editor addresses pay gaps ahead of lawsuit - LAObserved
Fact checks are becoming powerful signals on social media - Poynter
Do people really want to watch a Netflix show about BuzzFeed journalism? - CJR
Sinclair Prepares To Sell 23 TV Stations In Search Of Tribune Deal OK - Deadline
Public TV stations KCET and KOCE to merge in shifting market - Los Angeles Times
The rise of ‘fake news’ is producing a record number of journalism majors - Marketwatch
Newsroom To 'Chicago Tribune': With 85 Percent Backing, We Have Votes For Union - NPR
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Apple to blend Texture into Apple subscription service
Apple intends to blend magazine app Texture, which it agreed to purchase in March, into Apple News and roll out its own premium subscription service, according to people familiar with the move, Bloomberg reports.
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The Hardest-Working Paper in America | Chicago.SunTimes.com
The Chicago Sun-Times is a distinctly Chicago news organization, with a laser focus on impactful investigations, sports, politics, and reporting stories that matter to the working men and women of Chicago.
News Media Alliance announces 2018 Rising Star Awards winners
The News Media Alliance has announced the recipients of its third annual Rising Star awards.
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‘The world wouldn’t be the world without the newspaper’ — so subscribe
You know what’s hard work? Deboning whitefish. A machine can’t do it. So a guy stands in a chilled room — has to be chilled so the fish won’t spoil. He runs his bare — has to be bare, so he can feel the pin bones — left hand over the whitefish, while the right one pulls out the nearly invisible bones with a needle-nosed pliers.
OPINION
I know this because I once watched it done. And what did the whitefish deboner talk about? How fortunate he was to have his job. How happy it made him.
That stuck with me, and explains why I winced, a little, at the Sun-Times’ new slogan: “The hardest-working newspaper in America.”
My first thought was: “How do we know? Did we study all the other newspapers? Because otherwise we’ve installed a lie atop the front page.”
Loyal employee that I am, or try to be, I groped for a bright spin: “mere puffery,” as my lawyer friends would say. Like “World’s Best Coffee.” Why not?
The Tribune called itself “The World’s Greatest Newspaper,” for half a century (a boast fossilized in the call letters “WGN”) and that wasn’t true either.
Express KCS renews partnership with Johnston Press
Express KCS has renewed its creative content production agreement with multimedia publisher Johnston Press for another three years.
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Today in Labor History
The New York Times declared the struggle for an eight-hour workday to be “un-American” and called public demonstrations for the shorter hours “labor disturbances brought about by foreigners.” Other publications declared that an eight-hour workday day would bring about “loafing and gambling, rioting, debauchery and drunkenness”. – 1886
IWW Marine Transport Workers began a West Coast strike. – 1923
The founding conference of the United Nations began in San Francisco, California. – 1945
The Reverend Ralph David Abernathy and 100 others were arrested while picketing a Charleston, South Carolina hospital in a demand for union recognition. – 1969
The Supreme Court ruled that employers may not require female employees to make larger contributions to pension plans in order to obtain the same monthly benefits as men. – 1978
Over one million marched in Washington, D.C. for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights. – 1993
Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere
Cal Poly Pomona
Latest Round of Layoffs Hits Sacramento Bee - Comstocks
Robservations: Tribune drops INC. column — again - Robert Feder
Hatred of journalism threatens democracies - Reporters Without Borders
The border patrol faked statistics in assaults against agents - The Intercept
As Soon-Shiong dallies, ex-U-T CEO makes tronc play - San Diego Reader
Still another Tronc drama, as John Lynch re-enters the business - Ken Doctor
Robservations: Tribune drops INC. column — again - Robert Feder
Hatred of journalism threatens democracies - Reporters Without Borders
The border patrol faked statistics in assaults against agents - The Intercept
As Soon-Shiong dallies, ex-U-T CEO makes tronc play - San Diego Reader
Still another Tronc drama, as John Lynch re-enters the business - Ken Doctor
How local newsrooms are adapting to a digital environment - Editors Weblog
College Newspapers Are Dying, Let’s Save Them - Washington Square News
Sinclair agrees to sell 23 TV stations to gain approval for Tribune deal - Los Angeles Times
Newsroom To 'Chicago Tribune': With 85 Percent Backing, We Have Votes For Union - KASU
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
BB upgrades control consoles for Strasbourg paper
ABB recently completed a control console upgrade at the Strasbourg print site of Dernieres Nouvelles D'Alsace, in France.
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Comintelli, Newscycle partner
Newscycle Solutions, developer of the NewsEdge content syndication platform, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Comintelli, a Swedish software company that provides enterprise solutions for competitive intelligence, market insights and knowledge management.
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Last tours of the Los Angeles Times
See it for yourself before we're gone. Call 213-237-5757 and talk to our long-time guide Darrell Kunitomi. It's free. He's great. I'll even throw in a cup of coffee at @LATdatadesk
Join a Times tour this week. Thursday 4/26, 9:30 am or 4 pm for instance. Lemme know. *Added evening, Thurs., 8 pm.
Tampa Bay Times blames tariffs in job cuts
The Tampa Bay Times is slashing some 50 jobs, and a spokeswoman for the paper says the cuts are a result of newsprint tariffs recently announced by the Trump administration, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reports.
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J.S. McCarthy expands with Kodak Nexpress ZX3300
New England commercial printer J.S. McCarthy has upgraded its digital capabilities with the installation of a Kodak Nexpress ZX3300 digital press.
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Newspapers Are Dying
Cartoons and jokes about newspaper delivery. Funny observations about newspapers such as no one reads them, no one pays for them, but someone keeps delivering them. Newspapers may be dying, but it's not going to be a quick and merciful death.
This channel has stick figure cartoons and comedy monologues on random topics. No politics, just funny stickman videos. Well, hopefully they're funny. It's probably debatable. Please comment and let me know!
Artwork and jokes on this channel are by me, amateur comedian Michael K. If you like these stick figure cartoons, hit the red subscribe button and watch new episodes Tuesdays and Fridays.
Time Inc. UK to produce titles with hub
Seven magazine brands in Time Inc. UK’s "homes" portfolio will be produced through a centralized editorial hub system, Press Gazette reports.
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News Game/Factorium.com free to newspapers
Local or regional newspapers can now offer schools in their area access to Factorium.com, an online learning platform featuring the News Game and other K12 materials, at no charge to the papers and the schools.
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Today in Labor History
Mumia Abu Jamal, death row activist, journalist and former Black Panther, was born on this date. – 1954
The International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union halted shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Philadelphia journalist whom many believed was on death row because he was an outspoken African-American. – 1999
An eight-story building that housed garment factories in Dhaka, India collapsed, killing 1,129 workers and injuring 2,515. A day earlier, cracks had been found in the structure, but factory officials, who had contracts with Benetton and other major U.S. labels, insisted the workers return to the job the next day. – 2013
Digital Content Next, Local Media Association to partner with WAN-IFRA in conference
Digital Content Next and the Local Media Association have joined WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, as strategic partners in its annual North American conference, joining current partners the News Media Alliance and Reuters.
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Barron's: Slim sells NYT shares
In March and April, Inversora Carso, a company controlled by Carlos Slim sold almost 2 million shares of the New York Times Co., Barron's reported.
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Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere
We return to the Philippines in five more weeks, and Merly couldn't be happier
Newspapers struggle, but still do good work - TC Palm
Britain likely to intervene in Daily Mirror-Express deal - Reuters
McCormick Media wants a bigger stake in Tronc - New York Post
Chicago Tribune staff: “It’s time to form a union” - People's World
Jason Walsh: Worth the paper it's written on - Sonoma Index-Tribune
Newspapers face a hard road to stay in business - Forsyth County News
The Pulitzer-laden researcher embedded in the Post newsroom - Poynter
Teachers get creative using Newspapers in Education - Brunswick News
Bernie Sanders Is Quietly Building a Digital Media Empire - New York Magazine
Ogden Newspapers to be sold to a family newspaper company - Grand Haven Tribune
Monday, April 23, 2018
Research shows more employed in local TV news than newspapers
According to the 2018 Local News Staffing Report conducted by the Radio Television Digital News Association and Hofstra University, total local TV news employment has surpassed total daily newspaper employment for the first time in the more than 24 years this survey has been conducted.
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Imagine Chicago without the Sun-Times
Please support our website
Today, we’re launching a digital-subscription model — key to our long-term strategy to become profitable again.
Again, we’re asking you to support our work by subscribing to our website for $7.49 a month — less than 25 cents a day. That’s a small price to pay for journalism that is 100 percent honest and unflinchingly brave.
SCS replaces system at Times-Shamrock Creative Services
Times-Shamrock Creative Services of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has replaced its legacy ad tracking system with SCS/Track, according to SCS. The project went live on March 19, with nearly 400 users nationwide.
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Today in Labor History
Ida Mae Stull died on this date. She was nationally recognized as the country’s first female coal miner. – 1980
United Farm Workers of America founder Cesar Chavez died in San Luis, Arizona, at the age of 66. – 1993
ApTech: Task force on postal reform brings momentum
The Association for Print Technologies says a presidential task force will bring much-needed momentum to postal reform.
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Monday Morning in the Blogosphere
Finished newspapers flowing from the printing press
One Decision Doomed a Vital Paper - Editor and Publisher
The LA Times to El Segundo? Really? - LA Downtown News
It’s Sunday. Let me grab a coffee and a… newspaper? - Mumbrella
Newsagents are suffering in a sorry game of monopoly - The Guardian
In Denver, trying to put a price on the value of a newspaper - Associated Press
Could The Denver Post Make It With A Local Owner? - Colorado Public Radio
Imagine Chicago without the Sun-Times: An urgent appeal - Chicago Sun-Times
Morning Mediawire: The next student movement? #SaveStudentNewsrooms - Poynter
Reaction to Soon-Shiong purchasing the Union-Tribune - The San Diego Union-Tribune
Sunday, April 22, 2018
News organizations go to appellate court on suit over tweet
Time, Gannett and other news organizations want a federal appellate court to rule on whether putting a tweet in a news article can constitute copyright infringement, MediaPost reports.
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Tariffs on Canadian newsprint will tax our industry to extinction
North Pacific Paper Corp. (NORPAC), which is owned by New York hedge fund One Rock Capital Partners, was the only U.S. paper company to petition for the tariffs. There are only a handful of paper mills in the United States, one of which is NORPAC. Three are in Washington state, with one co-owned by a Canadian company. The remaining two operate in the South and are Canadian owned.
BDUmedia goes with Wave 2 for self-service advertising portal
BDUmedia, a large regional newspaper publishing group in the Netherlands, has selected Wave 2's AdPortal to bolster their new customer self-service offerings. The new advertising portal is part of BDUmedia's expansion program that targets new regions after the acquisition of 46 new titles last year.
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Today in Labor History
The first known slave revolt in America occurred, just eight years after the first slaves were brought from Africa to the Americas. – 1526
One of the worst disasters in Virginia mining history occurred at the Red Jacket Coal Corporation mine near Grundy in Buchanan County. All 45 men in the mine at the time died when coal dust ignited, causing blasts that were felt two miles away.- 1938
The first U.S. atmospheric nuclear bomb test occurred at Yucca Flat, Nevada. The test was observed by U.S. marines who were used as human guinea pigs to test the effects of radiation on humans. – 1952
50,000 people marched in New York City against the wars in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Another 30,000 marched in San Francisco. – 1972
Songwriter, musician and activist Hazel Dickens dies at age 75. Among her songs: “They’ll Never Keep Us Down” and “Working Girl Blues.” Cultural blogger John Pietaro: “Dickens didn’t just sing the anthems of labor, she lived them. Her place on many a picket line, staring down gunfire and goon squads, embedded her into the cause”. – 2011
GateHouse to use Triton
GateHouse Media has entered a partnership with Triton Digital to utilize their programmatic audio advertising marketplace, a2x, as well as Triton’s SSP, Yield-Op.
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Sunday Morning in the Blogosphere
Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
National Geographic Unveils Redesigned Print Edition - Folio
Another year in newspapers; how many more? - Daily Bulletin
What would life be like without a local newspaper? - Gazettextra
Iowa Newspaper Uses an Escape Room to Solve the Profit Puzzle - CJR
Newsprint Tariffs Will Cost Major Chains Tens Of Millions Of Dollars - 24/7 Wall St.
LA Times Union Preparing Class-Action Lawsuit Over ‘Illegal Pay Disparities’ - HuffPost
It Would Be Nice if They Survive, but Are Newspapers Necessary? - The Weekly Standard
Newsday wants to move from ‘voice of God’ editorials to convening conversations - Poynter
Do Ordinary Speakers Have Lesser First Amendment Rights Than Newspapers Do? - Reason
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Certified Audit of Circulations plans merger with Alliance for Audited Media
With unanimous support, the board of directors of Certified Audit of Circulations is recommending a merger with the Alliance for Audited Media. Pending approval by both CAC and AAM members, the merger is expected to be complete this summer.
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Today in Labor History
Bituminous coal miners across the country went on strike over wage cuts. The nationwide strike was met with violence from scabs, company security, sheriff’s deputies, and the National Guard. It ended in eight weeks and severely weakened the United Mine Workers of America, which had been founded just four years earlier. – 1894
Company guards shot down 17 unarmed striking miners near the Neversweat Mine of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. They were all shot in the back as they tried to flee.The IWW and the Metal Mine Workers Industrial Union called for a strike in the mines around Butte. They struck to secure higher wages, end rustling cards, and win an eight hour day. The Company blamed the IWW for the violence and federal troops arrived the next day to impose martial law and end the strike. Miners were forced back to the mines at gunpoint. -1920
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller signed the Taylor Law, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike. – 1967
Some 12,500 Goodyear Tire workers went on strike at nine plants in what was to become a three-week walkout over job security, wage and benefit issues. – 1997