The latest LA Times twist, and the now-best description of Alden ever: "The news industry’s closest analog to a serial killer." #NewsOurCommunitiesDeserve
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Allan Block likes to see and be seen in positons of prestige and power around Toledo, @CSPAN, and beyond. But as the Ohio Newsroom reports, he runs his hometown newspaper like a slumlord.
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Rents have shot up in some low-income neighborhoods in West Virginia as new property owners threaten residents with eviction notices and "pay or quit" letters.
The new owners? The parent company of "the destroyer of newspapers," Alden Global Capital https://t.co/JLFdL6Wuls
“We’re both on disability. I don’t know where we’re going to go… There’s hardly any places around here, and the ones that are here cost too much. ... this all started when the new owners took over.” Alden Global Capital, that is. #SaveLocalNews
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Thanks @dfmworkers for speaking out. Alden Global Capital is gutting newspapers across the U.S. - threatening journalism and democracy. #NewsMatters#AldenExposed
STRIKE UPDATE: More than 1,000 @newsguild members sent a letter to scabs at the Post-Gazette telling them they are "undermining the strike by crossing the picket line." https://t.co/lmrEJJjnnG
This afternoon, in protest of @Gannett's stalling tactics and bad-faith proposals at the bargaining table, we are boycotting our weekly news meeting. Gannett must bring serious counters and start treating its journalists with the dignity they deserve. #FairContractNow (1/4)
The @PittsburghPG today demanded the right to wage theft via healthcare costs. They did not come in good faith to anyone out on strike, still working for them, or our community at all.
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"FlyteCo Beer, is taking efforts to help support local journalism by collaborating with The Denver Post’s newsroom guild on the release of The Thirst Amendment." Brilliant! #SaveLocalNews https://t.co/2vD9RQnRnD