Thursday, November 16, 2017
Hearst expands video unit
Hearst expands video unit: New Hearst Originals Director Eric Leven has been brought on to develop original programming for all platforms. Leven, a reality TV and documentary producer, previously worked at Tribeca Shortlist, Vice News and MTV.
Today in Labor History
November 16 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
A county judge in Punxsutawney, Pa., grants an injunction requested by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co. forbidding strikers from speaking to strikebreakers, posting signs declaring a strike is in progress, or even singing hymns. Union leaders termed the injunction “drastic” - 1927
The National Football League Players Association ends a 57-day strike that shortened the season to nine games. The players wanted, but failed to win until many years later, a higher share of gross team revenues - 1982
November 15
Founding convention of the Federation of Trades and Labor Unions is held in Pittsburgh. It urges enactment of employer liability, compulsory education, uniform apprenticeship and child and convict labor laws. Five years later it changes its name to the American Federation of Labor - 1881
A county judge in Punxsutawney, Pa., grants an injunction requested by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co. forbidding strikers from speaking to strikebreakers, posting signs declaring a strike is in progress, or even singing hymns. Union leaders termed the injunction “drastic” - 1927
The National Football League Players Association ends a 57-day strike that shortened the season to nine games. The players wanted, but failed to win until many years later, a higher share of gross team revenues - 1982
November 15
Founding convention of the Federation of Trades and Labor Unions is held in Pittsburgh. It urges enactment of employer liability, compulsory education, uniform apprenticeship and child and convict labor laws. Five years later it changes its name to the American Federation of Labor - 1881
Cummings Printing upgrades drive, controls
Cummings Printing upgrades drive, controls: The system is configured with five sixteen page units, two combination folders and a sheeter. Graphic Automation will be removing and replacing the existing Toshiba PLCs, operator screens and drive system. The new Graphic Automation system will provide an Allen-Bradley PLC with new AC Power Flex drives for main drive and shaftless infeed. This turnkey solution will be installed first quarter of 2018.
Thursday Afternoon in the Blogosphere
Small-market newspapers in the digital age - CJR
People's Daily launches English app - Peoples Daily
We have a new printable sign for supporters - LAT Guild
Meet The Young People Driving And Defining Content - Forbes
Can a machine replace a journalist’s gut feeling? - Editors Weblog
U.S. Panel Accuses Chinese Journalists of Spying for Beijing - CNN
The Financial Times got 24 ad exchanges to stop spoofing its site - DigiDay
FCC rolls back media regulations in move that critics say benefits Sinclair - The Hill
Trust Project is launching a major effort today to help rebuild trust in the media - Poynter
Tribune Media's real estate arm sold the 24-acre Costa Mesa printing plant - Tribune Media
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
GateHouse holds essay contest
GateHouse holds essay contest: Top prize is $3,000, with five other $1,000 scholarships being awarded.
Today in Labor History
November 14 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Women’s Trade Union League founded, Boston - 1903
The American Railway Supervisors Association is formed at Harmony Hall in Chicago by 29 supervisors working for the Chicago & North Western Railway. They organized after realizing that those railroaders working under their supervision already had the benefits of unionization and were paid more for working fewer hours - 1934
The Depression-era Public Works Administration agrees with New York City today to begin a huge slum clearance project covering 20 acres in Brooklyn, where low cost housing for 2,500 families will be completed. It was the first of many such jobs-and-housing projects across the country - 1934
The National Federation of Telephone Workers—later to become the Communications Workers of America—is founded in New Orleans - 1938
Jimmy Carter-era OSHA publishes standard reducing permissible exposure of lead, protecting 835,000 workers from damage to nervous, urinary and reproductive systems - 1978
(Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class: While OSHA was working to preserve people’s health in the ‘70s, other forces were working against labor’s interests. Stayin’ Alive is a remarkable account of how working-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the 1970s.)
Federation of Professional Athletes granted a charter by the AFL-CIO - 1979
Women’s Trade Union League founded, Boston - 1903
The American Railway Supervisors Association is formed at Harmony Hall in Chicago by 29 supervisors working for the Chicago & North Western Railway. They organized after realizing that those railroaders working under their supervision already had the benefits of unionization and were paid more for working fewer hours - 1934
The Depression-era Public Works Administration agrees with New York City today to begin a huge slum clearance project covering 20 acres in Brooklyn, where low cost housing for 2,500 families will be completed. It was the first of many such jobs-and-housing projects across the country - 1934
The National Federation of Telephone Workers—later to become the Communications Workers of America—is founded in New Orleans - 1938
Jimmy Carter-era OSHA publishes standard reducing permissible exposure of lead, protecting 835,000 workers from damage to nervous, urinary and reproductive systems - 1978(Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class: While OSHA was working to preserve people’s health in the ‘70s, other forces were working against labor’s interests. Stayin’ Alive is a remarkable account of how working-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the 1970s.)
Federation of Professional Athletes granted a charter by the AFL-CIO - 1979
Changes at USA Today Network
Changes at USA Today Network: “These organizational changes will better position us to further enhance and expand our marketing solutions capabilities fueled by our audience growth and engagement. I am confident this new structure will open up opportunities, enable us to innovate more quickly and support long-term growth,” said Bob Dickey, president and CEO of Gannett.
Tuesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere
Former Pressmen from the Los Angeles Times
Layoffs hit NBC Sports Chicago - Robert Feder
Who are Podcast ‘Super Listeners'? - Nieman Lab
40 years in the Legislative Plaza press room - Tennessean
Why newspapers should stop endorsing candidates - Salon
Lessons on digital transformation from the BBC World Service - Editors Weblog
These editors left their newsrooms instead of laying off more journalists - Poynter
What The New York Times Learned from Its 360-Degree Video Project - DigiDay
Disney Ban Elevated Tension at Los Angeles Times Newsroom - New York Times
House Democrats Call for Investigation of FCC Chairman Over Sinclair Merger - Variety
Danish paper using Onset CMS
Danish paper using Onset CMS: Newscycle Solutions is a provider of content management, advertising and subscription technologies for the news media industry.
Robert Turnbow Rest in Peace* - Correction
*EJ,
Just spoke with Paul Turnbow’s nephew and Paul died three years ago.
And his brother Robert Turnbow (not Matt) father of Matt Turnbow (LAT employee) died about two weeks ago.
Now that we got this straight
Thank you Gatha Hayes
Paul Turnbow at the center of photo
Thank you Gatha Hayes
Good morning all from the the Green state of Washington.
I received a call from my son this morning informing me that Matt Turnbow (Paul Turnbows nephew) told Emmett that Paul Turnbow passed away 2 weeks ago. Matt had been on vacation at the time.
Paul was living in an assistant living home at the time and was about 88 years old. When Paul retired he and his wife moved to Hemet until his wife passed away, when Paul got up in years he moved to an assistant living place closer to where Matt lives. I'm sure quite a bit of you remember Paul and our condolences got out to Pauls family, may he rest in peace.
Emmett Jaime
Monday, November 13, 2017
NYT launches kids section
NYT launches kids section: The next Kids section will come with the Nov. 19 edition of the newspaper. The section will run monthly starting Jan. 28, 2018.
Today in Labor History
November 13 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
A total of 259 miners died in the underground Cherry Mine fire. As a result of the disaster, Illinois established stricter safety regulations and in 1911, the basis for the state’s Workers Compensation Act was passed - 1909
A Western Federation of Miners strike is crushed by the militia in Butte, Mont. - 1914
The Holland Tunnel opens, running under the Hudson River for 1.6 miles and connecting the island of Manhattan in New York City with Jersey City, N.J. Thirteen workers died over its 7-year-long construction - 1927
GM workers’ post-war strike for higher wages closes 96 plants - 1945
Striking typesetters at the Green Bay, Wisc., Press Gazette start a competing newspaper, The Green Bay Daily News. With financial support from a local businessman w
ho hated the Press Gazette, the union ran the paper for four years before their angel died and it was sold to another publisher. The Gannett chain ultimately bought the paper, only to fold it in 2005 - 1972
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union activist Karen Silkwood is killed in a suspicious car crash on her way to deliver documents to a newspaper reporter during a safety investigation of her Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant in Oklahoma - 1974
A total of 259 miners died in the underground Cherry Mine fire. As a result of the disaster, Illinois established stricter safety regulations and in 1911, the basis for the state’s Workers Compensation Act was passed - 1909
A Western Federation of Miners strike is crushed by the militia in Butte, Mont. - 1914
The Holland Tunnel opens, running under the Hudson River for 1.6 miles and connecting the island of Manhattan in New York City with Jersey City, N.J. Thirteen workers died over its 7-year-long construction - 1927
GM workers’ post-war strike for higher wages closes 96 plants - 1945
Striking typesetters at the Green Bay, Wisc., Press Gazette start a competing newspaper, The Green Bay Daily News. With financial support from a local businessman w
ho hated the Press Gazette, the union ran the paper for four years before their angel died and it was sold to another publisher. The Gannett chain ultimately bought the paper, only to fold it in 2005 - 1972Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union activist Karen Silkwood is killed in a suspicious car crash on her way to deliver documents to a newspaper reporter during a safety investigation of her Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant in Oklahoma - 1974
Monday Morning in the Blogosphere
Los Angeles Times Day at the drag races in Pomona, California
Facebook's fact checkers say effort is failing - The Guardian
WYCC’s imminent shutdown costs 12 more jobs - Robert Feder
Days of discord are back at the Los Angeles Times - LAObserved
The Presses Have Stopped, But the Press Lives On - Houston Press
The Secret Harvard Fellowship of Sean Spicer - The Harvard Crimson
The Brokerages Set $21.00 Price Target for Tronc Inc. (TRNC) - Bangalore Weekly
WYCC’s imminent shutdown costs 12 more jobs - Robert Feder
Days of discord are back at the Los Angeles Times - LAObserved
The Presses Have Stopped, But the Press Lives On - Houston Press
The Secret Harvard Fellowship of Sean Spicer - The Harvard Crimson
The Brokerages Set $21.00 Price Target for Tronc Inc. (TRNC) - Bangalore Weekly
Joe Ricketts penned a love letter to Trump while shutting down Chicagoist - Chicago Reader
Saving the Gothamist archives from journalism's 'billionaire problem' - Freedom of the Press
A Chicago DNAinfo reporter laments lost opportunities to tell neighborhood stories - Poynter
In Search of a Healthy Future, Alt Weeklies Experiment with Stories and Revenue Strategies - EP
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Today in Labor History
November 11 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Haymarket martyrs hanged, convicted in the bombing deaths of eight police during a Chicago labor rally - 1887
A confrontation between American Legionnaires and Wobblies during an Armistice Day Parade in Centralia, Wash., results in six deaths. One Wobbly reportedly was beaten, his teeth bashed in with a rifle butt, castrated and hanged: local officials listed his death as a suicide - 1919
A total of 57 crewmen on three freighters die over a 3-day period when their ships sink during a huge storm over Lake Michigan - 1940
Haymarket martyrs hanged, convicted in the bombing deaths of eight police during a Chicago labor rally - 1887
A confrontation between American Legionnaires and Wobblies during an Armistice Day Parade in Centralia, Wash., results in six deaths. One Wobbly reportedly was beaten, his teeth bashed in with a rifle butt, castrated and hanged: local officials listed his death as a suicide - 1919
A total of 57 crewmen on three freighters die over a 3-day period when their ships sink during a huge storm over Lake Michigan - 1940
Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere
Print your own Support Signs! - Los Angeles Times Guild
Five lessons learned from an innovative firm - Editors Weblog
Sinclair-Tribune: The other major media merger in limbo - Local 10
We're launching a video series to highlight best practices for fact-checkers - Poynter
LA Weekly's New Head Honcho Is One of Orange County's Scariest People - OC Weekly
Russian foreign ministry says retaliation against U.S. media could begin next week - CNN
PA is Using AI to Help News Organizations Produce Data-Driven Stories - Journalism UK
New York Times kids’ section and a kids’ version of The Daily are on the way - Nieman Lab
Newspapers keep communities together, dwindling populations may mean closing shop - MP
Brian Calle wants to turn LA Weekly into 'the cultural center' of the city - Los Angeles Times
Friday, November 10, 2017
Today in Labor History
November 10 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Sit-down strike begins at Austin, Minn., Hormel plant with the help of a Wobbly organizer, leading to the creation of the Independent Union of All Workers. Labor historians believe this may have been the first sit-down strike of the 1930s. Workers held the plant for three days, demanding a wage increase. Some 400 men crashed through the plant entrance and chased out nonunion workers. One group rushed through the doors of a conference room where Jay Hormel and five company executives were meeting and declared: “We’re taking possession. So move out.” Within four days the company agreed to binding arbitration - 1933
The ship Edmund Fitzgerald—the biggest carrier on the Great Lakes—and crew of 29 are lost in a storm on Lake Superior while carrying ore from Superior, Wisc., to Detroit. The cause of the sinking was never established - 1975
Tile, Marble, Terrazzo Finishers, Shop Workers & Granite Cutters Int’l Union merges into United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners - 1988
Sit-down strike begins at Austin, Minn., Hormel plant with the help of a Wobbly organizer, leading to the creation of the Independent Union of All Workers. Labor historians believe this may have been the first sit-down strike of the 1930s. Workers held the plant for three days, demanding a wage increase. Some 400 men crashed through the plant entrance and chased out nonunion workers. One group rushed through the doors of a conference room where Jay Hormel and five company executives were meeting and declared: “We’re taking possession. So move out.” Within four days the company agreed to binding arbitration - 1933
The ship Edmund Fitzgerald—the biggest carrier on the Great Lakes—and crew of 29 are lost in a storm on Lake Superior while carrying ore from Superior, Wisc., to Detroit. The cause of the sinking was never established - 1975Tile, Marble, Terrazzo Finishers, Shop Workers & Granite Cutters Int’l Union merges into United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners - 1988
Thursday, November 09, 2017
From the family of Steve Kawatski
STEVEN J. KAWATSKI
Our hearts broke on Thursday,
November 2, 2017, when we received the news that Steve had passed away from a
heart attack. Steve was born on July 23,
1956 in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
In the 61 years that
followed, Steve went to St Mary's Grade School, graduated from Waukesha South
High School in 1974, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1979 with a
BS Electrical & Computer Engineering degree.
Steve traveled around the
world with his career. His last position
in Wisconsin was at Rockwell Automation which led him to the Los Angeles Times
where he worked for the last 15 years as Manager of Technical Services. He was well liked and respected by his
co-workers. Although he worked long hours, he made time to call his mother
every Sunday night. He enjoyed his
career and using his talents helping friends and family with many projects.
Steve liked to ride his bike,
motorcycle & walk along the beach enjoying the sunsets.
Steve is survived by his
mother, Frances Kawatski, Waukesha WI, and his four sisters, Kathryn Behrens
(Brent) Columbus OH, Lois, Waukesha WI, Jane Egan (John) Waukesha WI, and Carol
Schmidt (John) Mukwonago WI and 7 nieces & nephews, aunts, uncles &
cousins.
Steve was preceded in death
by his father John H. Kawatski in 1982.
We would like to thank all of Steve's friends, co-workers and neighbors
for all their help during this difficult time, especially Kyle.
If you would like to meet his
Wisconsin family and share stories, a visitation will be held at The Shannon
Family Mortuary in Orange, CA on Friday, November 17th from 5:00 –
8:00 pm and there will be a mass in Wisconsin at a later date.
Steve, there won't be a day
that goes by that we won't think of you because something always breaks and you
were the one to fix it!
In lieu of flowers, memorials
to the the American Heart Association or Make-A-Wish Foundation would be appreciated.
Today in Labor History
November 09 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Twenty people, including at least nine firefighters, are killed in Boston’s worst fire. It consumed 65 downtown acres and 776 buildings over 12 hours – 1872
Creation of Committee for Industrial Organization announced by eight unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (in 1938 they formally break with the AFL and become the Congress of Industrial Organizations). The eight want more focus on organizing mass production industry workers - 1935
Philip Murray, first president of the United Steelworkers Organizing Committee, first president of the United Steelworkers of America, and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations for 12 years following the retirement of John L. Lewis, dies at age 66 - 1952
Twenty people, including at least nine firefighters, are killed in Boston’s worst fire. It consumed 65 downtown acres and 776 buildings over 12 hours – 1872
Creation of Committee for Industrial Organization announced by eight unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (in 1938 they formally break with the AFL and become the Congress of Industrial Organizations). The eight want more focus on organizing mass production industry workers - 1935
Philip Murray, first president of the United Steelworkers Organizing Committee, first president of the United Steelworkers of America, and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations for 12 years following the retirement of John L. Lewis, dies at age 66 - 1952
Digital up, print down at NYT
Digital up, print down at NYT: Print advertising revenue fell 20 percent in the quarter, fueling a 9 percent decrease in total advertising revenue.
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