Boston Globe

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 3:00pm on Friday, January 15th, 2010

Globe Publisher Gets $1.4 Million Exit Parachute

The Boston Business Journal reported on January 14, 2010:

"The New York Times Co. said retired Boston Globe publisher P. Steven Ainsley stands to receive roughly $1.4 million in payments and vested stock compensation as well as a handful of tax and financial planning benefits as part of his Dec. 31 separation from the company.

And that’s not including the $2.7 million in retirement benefits Ainsley had accumulated at the company through February 2009, according to regulatory filings.

The Times said the compensation package was set in a formal separation agreement with Ainsley, per his retirement. He had been employed by the Times and its media affiliates for approximately 30 years."

The full story:
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2010/01/11/daily48.html

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 1:07pm on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Globe's Union Negotiator To Retire, Media Life Magazine reported on December 22, 2009:

"Greg Thornton, senior vice president of employee relations at the Boston Globe, is retiring from the paper after 22 years following his dismissal from the union for financial violations. Thornton was the Globe’s main negotiator in its recent talks with the Boston Newspaper Guild."

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 2:01pm on Monday, December 14th, 2009

Current Boston Globe city editor Jennifer Peter has been appointed Deputy Managing Editor/Local News, replacing Brian McCrory, who will return to his former position of writing a regular column for the Globe.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:45am on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Boston Globe's Largest Union Boots Boss, the newspaper reported on December 2, 2009:

"Daniel Totten was found guilty today by a jury of five union members of the most serious charges levied against him and was ordered expelled from the Boston Newspaper Guild, according to Guild officials.

The charges included signing a check in violation of union bylaws, after Totten signed the name of another union official to his own paycheck.

Totten also was found guilty of improperly using the union credit card for personal expenses and failing to produce receipts in a timely fashion.

Totten did not appear at the hearings over two days.

In a statement to union members, Totten said, "Democratic process has been a travesty in this matter,"

The Guild represents more than 600 editorial, advertising, and business office workers.

Totten, elected in 2005, had come under criticism from some Guild members for his handling of negotiations this year with the Globe’s owner, The New York Times Co., over $20 million in concessions.

The Times Co. had threatened to shut down the Globe if it did not get the concessions. The Guild rejected the initial offer, returned to the bargaining table, and ultimately approved a similar package of pay and benefit cuts."