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Arbitrator to Stamford, Greenwich: No Real Life, Real News for you

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Corky Ramirez up on 94th St., May 26, 2007.

  1. Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.

    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St. Well-Known Member

    http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-advocate-0525,0,4816284.story?coll=hc-headlines-local

    They dodged a bullet with this one.

    Unless, of course, JRC decides it wants a part of southwestern Connecticut.
     
  2. Frank_Ridgeway

    Frank_Ridgeway Well-Known Member

    Re: Arbritrator to Stamford, Greenwich: No Real Life, Real News for you

    Gannett is making a big mistake. Why play hardball with the union when the newsroom is that small and you can probably dominate an extremely wealthy market that is contiguous to a larger paper that you already own in Westchester?

    This would be a good fit for more than just JRC. Singleton especially, since he owns Bridgeport. The new Danbury owner. NYT and Newhouse.
     
  3. beanpole

    beanpole Member

    Singleton badly wanted Stamford and Greenwich, then bought Danbury from CNHI as a consolation prize after losing to Gannett. Got to think he'll submit a strong bid.
     
  4. Jersey_Guy

    Jersey_Guy Active Member

    The union should be careful what it wishes for. There are worse operations out there than Gannett.
     
  5. pressmurphy

    pressmurphy Member

    Agreed, except giving up your union contract right off the bat would have been horrible. It took Gan-fucking-nett something like 14 years in Rochester before they had the balls and brains to declare an impasse and stop abiding by the contract. Think of all the 30- and 40- and 50-somethings in Connecticut who would benefit by having a safety net like that with the next owner.
     
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