Yesterday’s entry concerning use of Craigslist to recruit people for newspaper delivery brought a surprising number of comments, and some background on the practice. Here’s one version. According to this tale, the shift to Craigslist began several years ago at the Advertiser while under Gannett management. Up until then, delivery agents could request free in-house [...]
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The Newspaper Guild reports it has gotten nowhere in bargaining with Gannett over the effects of the upcoming sale of the Honolulu Advertiser. Both the Hawaii Newspaper Guild and the ILWU have filed grievances against the company for transferring the severance pay obligation from the Advertiser to Oahu Publications Inc. Other unions are expected to [...]
Tags: David Black·Gannett·Hawaii Newspaper Guild·Honolulu Advertiser·Oahu Publications
Advertiser business writer Rick Daysog reported yesterday on a key investor backing the Star-Bulletin’s recently announced purchase of Gannett’s Honolulu Advertiser. In yesterday’s Advertiser, Daysog identified the investor as Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. of Toronto, which will also name a director to sit on the board of the company formed to operate the new paper [...]
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The lawsuit has been dismissed. Former Advertiser deputy editorial page editor Pati Poblete failed to sustain the burden necessary to have a chance to show she was a victim of discrimination. But documents and sworn statements made during the initial stages of the litigation nonetheless provide some interesting items. None have been tested through a [...]
Gannett’s Honolulu Advertiser has fended off a federal lawsuit alleging discrimination. As reported over the weekend, Senior Judge Sam King granted Gannett’s motion for summary judgement and dismissed the case. In the suit, a former Advertiser employee alleged editorial and opinion editor Jeanne Mariani-Belding created a hostile work environment by maing numerous disparaging remarks about [...]
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Hawaii Senator Dan Inouye has made it clear that he is running for reelection in 2010, according to a report by CQ Politics. In a written statement, Inouye told CQ: Make no mistake, I am a candidate for re-election in 2010. I am calling upon my friends and supporters to once again stand with me,” [...]
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