St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 10:55am on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cuts Retiree Health Care

"ST. LOUIS--December 14, 2009--The following is a statement by The Newspaper Guild of St. Louis-CWA:

In an act of corporate greed, Lee Enterprises , owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers, is canceling company-paid health insurance for scores of retirees, the Newspaper Guild of St. Louis announced today.

The move affects about 100 retired Guild members and dozens more management retirees. Many will lose their health coverage because they can’t afford the premiums. Some couples will have to pay nearly $1,200 per month to continue coverage under company plans.

The union expects Lee to cancel coverage for dozens of other retirees once the current union contract expires.

Guild members were promised company-paid health coverage for life. On the strength of that promise, many retired before becoming eligible for Medicare. Retirees on Medicare will lose their Lee supplementary health coverage completely.

“Lee Enterprises may abandon its retirees. Their union never will,” said Shannon Duffy, business administrator for the union. Lee, based in Davenport, Iowa, owns 53 newspapers around the nation. The company reported a profit of $1.75 million in the September quarter, which marked the low point of the recession. The Post-Dispatch also makes a hefty profit."

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 4:44pm on Monday, December 14th, 2009

Settlement Reached Over Use Of St. Louis Globe-Democrat Name, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on December 14, 2009:

"The issue of who owns the rights to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat name has been resolved and both parties are going to use the newspaper trademark, with an online edition appearing daily and a print edition that is published six times a year.

The two versions will be independently published.

Steve DeBellis, who has been using the Globe-Democrat name to publish a historical newspaper since 1995, when he discovered it had been abandoned, said today that he is happy with the settlement that has been reached with the online operators of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

Details of the agreement were not disclosed but DeBellis said he has agreed not to pursue a trademark infringement lawsuit against Dan Rositano and the website, which launched last week.

The original St. Louis Globe-Democrat stopped publishing on Oct. 29, 1986, after a daily run of 134 years.

Rositano said he plans to have the online version of the newspaper reflect the views of the old Globe-Democrat."

The full story:
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/deb-petersons-breaking-schmooze/uncategorized/2009/12/settlement-reached-to-publish-the-st-louis-globe-democrat-online-daily-and-as-a-historical-newspaper-six-times-a-year/

V. Borge    Greenwich, USA

Posted at 10:01pm on Friday, June 5th, 2009

If you believe the NY times, Huffington Post, MediaMatters are non-bias news sources, then the Post-Dispatch is your newspaper. The paper is poorly written, has no journalistic integrity and essentially regurgitates left leaning talking points from other biased publications.