The latest from the IAPE 1096 union http://www.iape1096.org Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:19:20 -0600 RSSCreator 1.2 http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/02_rupert.php As posted at CoolTechZone.com, Things between News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch and Google just keep heating up. The Daily Finance reports that talks are growing stale and Murdoch's approach to dealing with Google appears to not be working at all. The article goes on to explain that he is still in talks with Microsoft, in addition to looking into the practicality of selling his content in "bundles." Assuming ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/25_bargaining.php We were back at the bargaining table with Dow Jones Thursday, February 25th -- and the "headline" to take away is an agreement to an accelerated schedule of talks. [i1]We've agreed to meet twice next week (Monday and Thursday) with both sides ready to seriously tackle the big items of health care, retirement, severance/seniority and money. We still have a number of serious differences with ... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 CST http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/24_djsmartmoney.php Dow Jones is in talks to buy the half it doesn't own of personal-finance magazine SmartMoney from partner Hearst Corp., in a deal that would undo a nearly 20-year partnership. [i1]The SmartMoney venture includes the flagship monthly magazine, the Web site SmartMoney.com and a custom-publishing division. Hearst oversees business affairs, including circulation and marketing, and Dow Jones is responsible ... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 CST http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/02_newscorp.php A note to all employees from Rupert Murdoch News Corporation has released earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 that far outpaced those of the same quarter last year. I wanted to share with you some of the reasons behind this performance and why we think it will continue into coming quarters. Across the globe, our businesses are all growing, and we are entering calendar 2010 with new vigor ... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 CST http://www.iape1096.org/news/2010/20_warat.php From The New York Times: Get ready for another media parlor game, this one pivoting around "War at The Wall Street Journal: Inside the Struggle to Control an American Business Empire." The book, by the former Journal media writer Sarah Ellison, is a scrupulously fair, careful account written from a close distance about how Rupert Murdoch came to own the crown jewel of American business journalism. The ... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 CST 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 CDT