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, Jan 9, 2013
Negotiations between Sun-Times Media and the Chicago Newspaper Guild reach an impasse
The guild says it cut off an arm to save the company—and now it's time to show some love. But the company gently sends the message: This is not all about you.
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, May 16, 2011
Lynne Stiefel Leaves Pioneer and the Newspaper Guild
Lynne Stiefel leaves Pioneer Press and the Chicago Newspaper Guild to work for the village of Glenview
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, May 13, 2011
At What Point Will There Be Nothing Left of the Sun-Times But the Hyphen?
More Sun-Times Media layoffs, same explanation
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, Feb 15, 2011
Pioneer Press's Angel of Death
Pioneer Press's David Pollard just got fired nine times in one week.
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, Dec 16, 2010
"On the first day of unemployment..."
Pioneer Press is about to close seven papers. Will there be layoffs?
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, Nov 5, 2010
They Used to Drive by Night
The Chicago Tribune takes over the Sun-Times's routes.
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, Sep 14, 2009
The Terms of Saving the Sun-Times
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, Sep 10, 2009
Guild to S-T Management: Where's the Letter?
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, May 20, 2009
Lake Effect news
Neighborhood news veteran Lorraine Swanson launches a north-side Chicago news site whose roots reach back to the old Lerner chain.
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, Apr 22, 2009
Skokie's Holocaust Museum -- day two
A symposium on genocide at the new Illinois Holocaust Museum becomes a media critique, and Pioneer Press covers it.
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, Apr 18, 2009
More casualties of a "deadly fight"
The Sun-Times Media Group lays off dozens more employees
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, Feb 25, 2009
More reflections on the Town Hall
"I kept recalling the parable about the blind men and the elephant" -- and other reflections on the Chicago Journalism Town Hall.
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, Aug 7, 2008
Things are dark at the Sun-Times; how far off is dawn?
Sun-Times Media Group announces second quarter losses of $24 million and warns of more cost cutting.
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, Jan 24, 2008
Wednesday Journal Buying Three Pioneer Press Papers
The three city titles in the Pioneer Press chain will keep going because Wednesday Journal Inc. is buying them.
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, Jan 8, 2008
Will they stay or will they go . . .
The Newspaper Guild is angered by Sun-Times sweethearts exempted from layoffs, while Pioneer Press faces its own cutbacks.
by Michael Miner
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, Mar 19, 2007
Conrad Black 24/7
There's now a blog just for fans of Conrad Black.
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