Comments on: Cablevision: Newsday Deal Wasn't (Quite) as Bad as We Feared

By: newsdayfriend

newsdayfriend — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:38:59 +0000

Yeah, and now Cablevision wants to balance the books on the backs of Newsday's union workers. As reported last week, Cablevision executives who also run Newsday will get fat bonuses in the New Year even as they ask union wage-earners, middle-class folks on Long Island, to accept a 10 percent to 15 percent pay cut. That's right: The contract that the Newsday unions must vote on in less than two weeks asks for a cruel giveback of wages that will seriously harm these workers' ability to provide for their families. Thanks, Cablevision.

By: Quick Hits for February 27th | CityCast's Media BackPage

Quick Hits for February 27th | CityCast's Media BackPage — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:40:43 +0000

[...] Cablevision: Newsday Deal Wasn’t (Quite) as Bad as We Feared | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThings… – An update on a story we discussed last summer… while Cablevision is notorious for making bad acquisitions and having even poorer management…it seems like Newsday is still in business…for now. [...]

By: How Much Would You Pay To Read Newsday.com? | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:56:34 +0000

[...] Zilch. That’s the snap consensus from the Web pundits, who are baffled by Cablevision’s plan to start charging access the online version of Newsday, the Long Island daily it overpaid for last year. [...]