New York Daily News

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 11:44am on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Senator Charles Schumer Calls Female Flight Attendant "The B-Word"

The New York Daily news reported on December 16, 2009:

"New York's famously garrulous senior senator, Chuck Schumer, got busted Wednesday for calling a female flight attendant the B-word aboard a US Airways flight from New York to Washington on Sunday.

Schumer was sitting next to protege Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, gabbing away on his phone, when a flight attendant told him to shut it down.

Schumer turned off his phone, and then argued with the attendant that he was allowed to talk while the cabin door is open. He lost.

He then muttered his complaint about the flight attendant to Gillibrand.

A Republican aide on the plane, who overheard the powerful Democrat, tattled to Politico.com."

The full story:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/12/16/2009-12-16_just_plane_rude_sen_charles_schumer_caught_calling_flight_attendant_the_bword.html

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 2:11pm on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

The New York Daily News has made a big investment in new printing presses, the New York Times reported on November 16, 2009. Writer Richard Perez-Pena said of Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman:

"...he has sunk more than $150 million into expanding the newspaper’s printing plant, installing advanced high-speed presses — a statement of faith that print will still be big business for another decade or two, if not longer. As of this month, The Daily News can print full color on every page; executives say it is the only large paper in the country with that capability.

The question is whether the investment makes business sense; the answer may never be made public because the privately held paper does not disclose its financial performance. Mr. Zuckerman signed the deal for the equipment almost two years ago, before the drop in advertising turned into a free fall, and before the weekday circulation of The Daily News fell to less than 550,000, from more than 700,000. He conceded that the paper, which had been marginally profitable for years, is at “worse than break-even.”"

The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/business/media/17adco.html

Mondo Times editors    B

Posted at 5:03pm on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Two Editors Leave NY Daily News, Keith Kelly of the NY Post reported on November 13, 2009:

"The paper's executive editor, David Ng, and the deputy city editor, Marilyn Matlick, are exiting.

Sources said it was a mutual decision for Matlick, who finished up last Friday.

"She left voluntarily and on good terms," said a News spokesman.

The buzz on Ng, a veteran editor who had been at The Post and the Star Ledger in Newark, was that his contract was not being renewed. His last day is today.

Ng did not return a call seeking comment. A News spokesman said, "David Ng has chosen to leave the Daily News to pursue new challenges and we wish him well."

No replacements have yet been named.

The full story:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/time_in_union_clash_vKdQI4uuc9wVbnreQj7vbO#ixzz0Wm9YE0jg

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 8:25am on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

NY Daily News Investing More Than $150 Million In New Printing Plant

The New York Times reported on November 16, 2009:

"Mortimer B. Zuckerman, owner of The Daily News, has made a statement of faith that print will still be big business for another decade or two, if not longer.

As of this month, The Daily News can print full color on every page; executives say it is the only large paper in the country with that capability.

The question is whether the investment makes business sense; the answer may never be made public because the privately held paper does not disclose its financial performance.

Mr. Zuckerman signed the deal for the equipment almost two years ago, before the drop in advertising turned into a free fall. He conceded that the paper, which had been marginally profitable for years, is at “worse than break-even.”

The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/business/media/17adco.html