Retiree case heads to mediation
April 30, 2012
The federal judge involved in our retiree health care case against Lee Enterprises recently ordered the parties to participate in mediation. His hope, obviously, is that both sides can come to some sort of arrangement and put an end...
Lee reports lousy quarter (from Romenesko)
April 18, 2012
as PD employees circulate petitions calling for LEE CEO Mary Junck and CFO Carl Schmidt to return their bonuses, it appears that Lee employees aren't the only ones outraged by such blatant hypocrisy. Here, then, is the latest from Romenesko......
April 13, 2012
Some of our members have expressed difficulties getting their company-funded deductibles reimbursed this year. For the record, this is how its supposed to work... Employees with the low or mid-deductible plans pay a certain amount and then their company-funded...
Mary Junck gets $500,000 bonus
March 27, 2012
According to a Lee Enterprises filing with the SEC, CEO Mary Junck has received a $500,000 bonus related to Lee's successful refinancing. Additionally, Carl Schmidt, vice president, CFO and treasurer, received a $250,000 bonus. Junck and Schmidt are the fiscal geniuses who way overpaid...
Daughter Faults Lee In Father’s Death
March 22, 2012
By Roy Malone Davenport, Iowa -- It was an emotional scene at the end of the recent annual meeting of Lee Enterprises, the newspaper chain that owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There stood the young and very nervous Erica Douglas telling...
March 2, 2012
TNG International has a new website up and running and a new editor running things. There's a fresher look and an approach that feels more honest and straight from the shoulder. It's worth a look: www.newsguild.org Janelle Hartman,...
January 13, 2012
Copy of the text from a letter emailed to Jim Romenesko. Thursday Jan. 12, 2012 Dear Mr. Romenesko, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan wrote a great column on Jan. 8, 2012, about Post-Dispatch retiree Robert Douglas, who passed away...
December 28, 2011
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has scheduled a Disclosure Statement Hearing for 2:00 p.m. on January 23. As reported earlier, there appear to be no major obstacles to this process going forward...