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Lee Enterprises closes Missoula Independent after it unionizes
September 13, 2018
Journalists at the Missoula Independent organized with The NewsGuild hoping to save that alternative weekly. But rather than negotiate a first contract with journalists at the Independent, Lee Enterprises decided to shut it down. Last year Matt Gibson sold the...
GateHouse guts Peoria Journal Star newsroom
September 13, 2018
GateHouse Media announced the layoffs of five Peoria Journal Star journalists represented by the United Media Guild last week, adding to its massive reduction of that newsroom workforce. The casualties included reporters Chris Kaergard, Thomas Bruch and Aaron Ferguson as...