The latest from the IAPE 1096 union http://www.iape1096.org Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:10:25 -0400 RSSCreator 1.2 http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/09_thoughts.php Organized labor still may be fighting the good fight. But a lot of the working class is out there marching in the streets on behalf of the monied class, puppets of the plutocrats, angry as hell at all of the wrong people. Oh, it wasn't always like this. Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 because President Grover Cleveland and Congress were frightened of labor’s power. This was after Eugene ... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/08_addecline.php -- by David Wilkerson at Marketwatch.com --Spending on newspaper ads across the U.S. declined 5.6% in the second quarter marking the third straight quarter that the decrease has narrowed on a year-over-year basis. Total print- and online-ad expenditures fell to $6.44 billion from $6.82 billion in the second quarter of 2009, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/08_before.php -- By PATRICK GOLDSTEIN and posted on the Los Angeles Times website -- One of the great things about getting a chance to read history is that you quickly learn that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Liberals spend an inordinate amount of time brooding over the formidable media firepower of Rupert Murdoch, who influences events via Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and the New York ... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/03_ruperts.php -- As reported by AP -- News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch's pay fell 6% in fiscal 2010, even though the company grew profits thanks to Avatar and a rebounding advertising market. According to an Associated Press review of a securities filing, Mr. Murdoch's compensation fell to $16.8 million from $18 million a year ago. His salary was unchanged at $8.1 million, but his performance-based ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/15_hinton.php -- As posted at The Japan Times Online -- Newspapers around the world will soon have no choice but to start charging for Web content, according to Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton, who called it "madness" to give away "expensive and valuable journalism for nothing." Media organizations like the Wall Street Journal, the leading U.S. business daily published by Dow Jones & Co., spend "millions and millions ... Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.iape1096.org/news/2009/30_.php There have been a number of News Corp.-related rumors circulating. Although they might have different specifics, they all seem to have one theme in common: "News Corp. is going to end that..." [i1]"That" being interchangeable. Depending on who is passing along the rumor, "That" is anything from severance pay to seniority to vacations to health care to dress codes. We have no idea where the rumors ... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT