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Saturday, January 31, 2009

"Imagine if you will...."

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Despite experimenting now for about a generation, the newspaper industry still hasn't figured out the Internet. Here's a blast from the past. A 1981 TV report on the San Franciso Examiner's effort to published a computerized version of their daily paper:




Pay attention to the kicker. "For the moment, at least...."

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Guild Hosts Q&A re: Tribune Bankruptcy

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Guild leaders tomorrow (Thursday) will lead a Q&A to update Sun employees on the Tribune bankruptcy proceedings.

We'll have two sessions. Hope you can make one of them.

Session 1: Starts at noon, in the Clarence Mitchell conference room.

Session 2: Starts at 5:30, in the cafeteria.

Bill Salganik, Guild local president, and Bob Paul, Guild attorney, will be on hand to give us updates and answer questions as best they can.