By: E&P Staff
In today's links, a union representing 1200 workers at the Boston Globe has launched a radio ad campaign calling the New York Times Company "greedy," the U.S. says it won't negotiate with the terrorists who kidnapped a Fox News crew in Gaza, and David Calhoun has been named the new chief executive at VNU (which owns E&P).***
U.S. Stands Firm Over Fox JournalistsGuardian: The US government has responded to today's demands from the militant group holding two Fox News journalists hostage in Gaza by insisting it does "not make concessions to terrorists." A spokeswoman for the US consulate in Jerusalem told Reuters that the US government hoped Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and his cameraman Olaf Wiig, who were kidnapped in Gaza nine days ago, would be released "at the earliest opportunity."
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Boston Globe Union Attacks Times Co. Over Contract in Radio AdsBoston Herald: A union representing Boston Globe workers is taking its fight with the paper and its New York parent to the local airwaves with a fiery radio advertisement today that calls the New York Times Co. ?greedy.? In the ad, the Boston Newspaper Guild, which represents more than 1,200 unionized Globe employees, attacks the Times Co. as an outsider that?s pushing an ?unfair? labor contract. ?A lot of (Boston-based) companies know to treat workers with dignity and respect. That?s why it?s disappointing that ... The Boston Globe and its corporate parent, The New York Times, are pushing an unfair contract with employees,? the ad says. ?Here in Boston we don?t stand for greedy New York companies, or the Yankees.?
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Gordon McLeod Named President of Dow Jones OnlineMarketwatch: McLeod will be responsible for the continued growth and success of Dow Jones's Internet businesses, which include The Wall Street Journal Online, MarketWatch.com and Barron's Online. Mr. McLeod, who assumes this position on September 11, will report to Todd Larsen, chief operating officer of Dow Jones's Consumer Media Group.
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VNU Puts Veteran of GE in ChargeLos Angeles Times: VNU, the market research and media conglomerate whose properties include Nielsen ratings, Billboard and Hollywood Reporter, on Wednesday named coveted General Electric Co. veteran David Calhoun as its new leader. Calhoun, 49, was a surprise choice to become chief executive of VNU, the privately held Dutch company that was bought in July by a group of six investment firms, including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Blackstone Group.
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Do You Know What It Means to Myth New Orleans? Katy Reckdahl in The Independent Weekly: Callers to the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau don?t know basic facts about post-Katrina New Orleans. ?Do you have electricity yet?? they ask. ?Is the water safe to drink? Will I get sick from breathing the air?? Others imply that there is still standing water in parts of the city. ?Progress has been slow, we would all agree. But there has been progress,? says bureau spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig, who knows the hurricane?s wrath first-hand. She lost her house in Lakeview, as did family members like her father, longtime New Orleans Saints announcer Jerry Romig. A lot of Mary Beth Romig?s callers should know better. They?re news reporters, meeting planners, and potential tourists who may have been misled by network TV, which still airs archival footage from the hurricane?s aftermath, when tree limbs blocked roads and floodwaters covered 80 percent of the city.
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Maine Newspaper Evacuates After Freon Line BreaksA Freon leak from a refrigerator caused the evacuation of several employees at the Rumford Falls Times office Wednesday morning. Fire Lt. Keith Bickford said someone in the basement of the Canal Street office was apparently dismantling a refrigerator when the Freon line broke. Ten firefighters from the Rumford and Mexico fire departments responded with three firetrucks to the 10 a.m. incident.
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