Now remember, they already own the Globe.
So when the Globe makes this move, it's really the NYT!
This explains why the newspapers are so shitty!
"Patriot Ledger cuts 130 workers" by Diedtra Henderson/Boston Globe November 3, 2007
The Patriot Ledger pared its staff by 130 employees last month, according to the state Department of Labor.
GateHouse Media Inc., which owns the Quincy newspaper, said in late July it had entered into a multiyear agreement with The Boston Globe to print the Ledger and its Brockton daily, The Enterprise.
Last month, as the printing arrangement launched, the Ledger laid off 21 full-time workers - nine pressmen and a dozen other production workers. The other 109 workers were part timers, most of whom worked as few as four hours per week, stuffing inserts into papers.
Nine of the laid-off full-time employees had 234 years of cumulative experience handling printing presses, said Martin Callaghan, president of the local Pressmen's Union. The union negotiated severance pay for the pressmen based on years of service, Callaghan said.
Callaghan said of placing workers with such specialized skills:
"It's been very difficult for us. We weren't able to find jobs for these nine guys."
Think of that the next time the Times or Globe opine about how unfair the economy is!!!!
What a bunch of shitstinking, arrogant , hypocritical elites, huh?
Linnea Walsh, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, said state workers have connected with affected workers at both newspapers, offering assistance in finding replacement jobs.
Replacement jobs? Where?
Newspapers To Report Steep Decline In Circulation
Pfffffffffttttttt!!!
Kirk A. Davis, chief executive of GateHouse Media New England and the Ledger's publisher, did not return calls seeking comment. Francie Nagy, a spokeswoman for New York-based GateHouse Media, declined to comment.
The layoffs come as the newspaper industry contends with revenue and circulation declines.
Because YOU GUYS FUCKING SUCK!!!!!!!
No one likes to be LIED TO, stinkfucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GateHouse Media New England has funneled more resources toward its Web operations and, this week, said it was expanding its collection of community-centric websites to cover nearly 160 eastern Massachusetts cities."
Oh, the BLOGS have WON!!!!!!!!!!!
And what scumbags, huh?
They say, "Go to the Web," then they ignore the web!!!
Case-in-point: Ron Paul!
So CASE CLOSED and PAPERS CLOSED, readers!
To the BLOGS!!!!!!
