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(Update) Lenfest Vows to Publish If Journos Strike

(Updated at 7:08 p.m. with Newspaper Guild response.) The man who owns the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com vowed Thursday to keep publishing if journalists […]

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Newspaper Guild Votes to Begin Strike Preparations

The Newspaper Guild on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to begin preparations for a strike against Philadelphia Media Network, the parent company of the Inquirer, Daily News, […]

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PMN to Newspaper Guild Members: Strike and We Stop Paying You

[Updated at 8 p.m. with comment from the Newspaper Guild] Philadelphia Media Network on Tuesday informed Newspaper Guild employees what they’ll lose if they go […]

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Newspaper Strike Authorization Vote Set for June 3rd

The Newspaper Guild will vote June 3rd whether or not to authorize a strike against Philadelphia Media Network, the company that owns the Inquirer, Daily […]

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Could Philly Newspapers Survive a Strike?

Philadelphia’s two major daily papers — the Inquirer and Daily News, along with their online cousin Philly.com — have survived one calamity after another over […]

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PMN Promises Newspapers Will Continue If Guild Strikes

The company that owns the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com says it will continue to deliver the news even if the Newspaper Guild that journalists […]

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Inquirer Journalists Launch Health Care Petition

Members of the Newspaper Guild have launched a petition to pressure the Philadelphia Media Network — owner of the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com — […]

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UPDATE: Newspaper Journos Agree to Temporary Contract Extension

Updated with comment from the Newspaper Guild. A possible strike by Philadelphia’s newspaper journalists has been averted, for at least a month: The union that […]

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PHOTO: Philadelphia Newspaper Strike a Real Possibility

See updates below with PMN’s memorandum to journalists, and the guild’s commentary on that memo. [Original] We’re still waiting to hear back on the progress […]

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Newspaper Strike Vote Possible Next Week

Updated at 8:50 p.m. with comment from Bill Ross, executive director of the Newspaper Guild. Journalists at the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com could vote as […]

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Inky Union Says Strike Authorization Vote Possible

[Update 7:20 p.m.] Stan Wischnowski, vice president of news operations for Philadelphia Media Network, responds by email: “We don’t agree at all with how the […]

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Kopelman, Seven Others Named to Inky Parent Board

Gerry Lenfest just gave a big nod to the local startup community. Philadelphia Media Network, the parent company of the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com, […]

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WATCH: This Is Why the Philly.com Comments Are Changing

Here are reporters from the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com reading comments on their stories at Philly.com. It’s funny and sad and, well, watch: That […]

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The Brief: The Inquirer* Endorses Anthony Williams, Philly Mag Endorses Jim Kenney*

1. Philadelphia magazine’s editors endorsed the “New” Jim Kenney for mayor, while the Inquirer (or at least Inquirer editor Bill Marimow) chose Anthony Williams. The […]

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Lenfest Announces Profit-Sharing for Inquirer, Daily News Workers

Full-time employees of the city’s two major daily newspapers will receive a $903 profit-sharing check, publisher Gerry Lenfest said in a memorandum today. But the […]