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Post-Dispatch outsources its copy editing and design jobs
February 16, 2019
In a move the United Media Guild has long feared, Lee Enterprises announced it would move the design and copy-editing work at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to its design/editing hub in Munster, Ind. Post-Dispatch management had long resisted the industry-wide...
UMG honors Tony Messenger, Shawn Anglin and other members at awards dinner
February 8, 2019
The United Media Guild honored some of its top activists and one of its most accomplished journalists Thursday night at its annual Local Meeting and awards dinner. St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger won the Terry Hughes Award for exemplary...
Sinking revenues force more Lee Enterprises cutbacks, draw shareholder scrutiny
February 7, 2019
The good news for Lee Enterprises: The company continues paying down its onerous debt at an accelerated rate. The bad news for Lee: Revenues keep declining, prompting cost-cutting that diminishes journalism content, its core product. The company is also drawing...