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Graham to be chair emeritus of Graham Holdings
Former Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy to chair Arlington media conglomerate
Donald E. Graham, majority owner of Arlington County-based Graham Holdings Co. and former publisher of The Washington Post, announced Thursday he would step down as chairman of Graham Holdings, although
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Gannett restructuring into two units
McLean-based Wadsworth will lead Gannett Media unit
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McLean-based Gannett Co. Inc. is restructuring to create two new U.S. business units, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher announced last week. The units will be Gannett Media and Digital Marketing
Roanoke Times union, Lee settle on new contract
Minimum full-time pay rate to increase by 12%
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The Roanoke Times newsroom union said Tuesday it has agreed on a new two-year contract with owner Lee Enterprises, following a brief picket line last week. Members of the Timesland
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Roanoke Times union pickets over wages, mileage
News guild says owner Lee Enterprises won't budge in negotiations
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The Roanoke Times’ newsroom union staged its first-ever picket line briefly Monday as a message to the newspaper’s owners, Lee Enterprises, which the union says won’t budge on requested salary
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It’s hard to have a conversation about anything in the headlines, especially anything to do with technology or politics, without some blame being assigned to “the media,” as if there
Lee Enterprises rejects Alden’s $144M purchase offer
Buy would have consolidated 33 Va. newspapers under hedge fund
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Lee Enterprises Inc.’s board unanimously rejected Alden Global Capital’s $144 million buyout offer made last month, saying it “grossly undervalues” the company and its newspapers, which include 31 publications in
Newsroom unions urge Lee to reject Alden’s offer
$144M purchase would make hedge fund owner of 30+ Va. newspapers
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A dozen Lee Enterprises newsroom unions, including three in Virginia, wrote an open letter to company management Monday, urging Lee to reject Alden Global Capital’s purchase offer of approximately $144
Alden Global Capital seeks to buy Lee Enterprises for $144M
Deal would see most Virginia newspapers owned by one company
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Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund that owns The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press in Virginia, has proposed purchasing Lee Enterprises, the Iowa-based owner of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and most other
Nine newsroom employees to be laid off at Roanoke Times
Sports, education beats heavily impacted in eliminated positions
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Nine newsroom employees at The Roanoke Times were notified of their pending layoffs Monday by parent company Lee Enterprises Inc., according to the newspaper’s local newsroom union and multiple staff
Gannett to refinance $1.05B in debt
Nation's largest newspaper publisher seeks to lower interest rates, extend debt maturity
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McLean-based Gannett Co. Inc., the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., announced Monday it will refinance $1.05 billion in debt to lower its interest rates and extend maturity on outstanding