Union demands answers after company apologizes for “misleading and insensitive” email that offered fake bonuses amid pandemic furloughs, newsroom shutdowns and pay cuts By Julie Reynolds A test to see whether Tribune Publishing employees would fall for an email “phishing”… Continue Reading →

By Julie Reynolds Three Pennsylvania elected officials are making the case for saving the Allentown Morning Call newspaper’s downtown offices. In a two-page letter sent to Tribune Publishing’s president and CEO Terry Jimenez, state Sen. Patrick Browne, state Rep. Peter… Continue Reading →

U.S. Rep. Susan Wild By Julia Reynolds Adding her name to a growing list of elected officials, U.S. Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) issued a joint statement Friday with Sen. Bob Casey supporting local news workers at the Allentown Morning Call…. Continue Reading →

With plans to own more shares of Tribune by January, hedge fund says the relationship between two chains is “deepening” By Julie Reynolds In an abrupt strategy change, hedge fund Alden Global Capital appears committed to staying in the news… Continue Reading →

Senator calls out hedge fund newspaper owners By Julie Reynolds Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey has issued a statement decrying the recent shuttering of the Allentown Morning Call’s offices and newsroom, saying hedge fund owners “have no place” in local newsrooms…. Continue Reading →

By Julie Reynolds A county commissioner in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday joined a growing list of elected officials around the country by publicly calling on New York hedge fund Alden Global Capital to halt layoffs and extreme cost-cutting at… Continue Reading →

UPDATE: On Sept. 14, the Hartford City Council unanimously approved Rossetti’s resolution. Ben Florsheim, the mayor of nearby Middletown, told council members that Alden Global Capital “sounds like a villainous company from a Disney movie,” according to the Hartford Courant…. Continue Reading →

By Julie Reynolds The Tribune Publishing newspaper chain has defaulted on rent payments and is abruptly closing newsrooms across the country, new financial filings reveal. Tribune admitted in its 10-Q financial report to the Securities and Exchange Commission that “in… Continue Reading →

Mayors urge federal judge to consider readers, communities when ruling on winning bid By Julie Reynolds A storied newspaper chain that has been family-owned for 163 years was auctioned off Friday in bankruptcy proceedings to a hedge fund known for… Continue Reading →

NOTE: This story has been updated to include new information from Thursday’s SEC filing. By Julie Reynolds The vultures have landed in Chicago. With the board appointment of its co-founder and godfather Randall Smith, vulture hedge fund Alden Global Capital… Continue Reading →