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GateHouse/New Media rewards shareholders, not employees

New Media Investment Group, parent company at GateHouse Media, has delivered on its promise to reward shareholders with dividends. The second quarter produced free cash flow of $19.6 million, or $0.65 on a per-share basis. So the New Media Board...

Hard-working UMG members fuel GateHouse/New Media expansion

GateHouse Media newspapers generate strong cash flow for its parent company, New Media Investment Group. That parent company -- which grew from the ashes of GateHouse Media bankruptcy -- is using some of that cash flow to help finance newspaper...

UMG supports “Right to Report” project

The United Media Guild is gladly helping The Newspaper Guild's "Right to Report" project. At the national level your union is supporting a national shield law to project journalists doing their job. TNG-CWA also called on President Obama and Attorney...

GateHouse targets Rockford Register Star photographers

The two surviving photographers at the Rockford Register Star and Freeport Journal-Standard are under siege. During the latest round of bargaining with the United Media Guild for a first contract at these newspapers, the company submitted a proposal that would...

Reflections on the UMG’s last few decades

Guild Memories from Cara Gordon on Vimeo. If asked for a password, type "guild".

GateHouse journalists battle on for raises

Guild members at the Canton Repository recently rejected a three-year contract extension offer from GateHouse/New Media. Although the offer included signing bonuses spread through the length of the contract and some outsourcing protections for about 20 jobs, there were no...

Old friends gather for UMG’s 80th birthday celebration

The United Media Guild turned 80 this year. We held a picnic celebration at Creve Coeur Park and welcomed back many of our most prominent retirees and alumni. We were especially pleased to see long-time Executive Secretary Herb Goodrick, who...