The travesty that's happening at Southern Illinoisan Illinoisan continues to attract attraction. Publishers Daily is the latest to highlight Lee Enterprises' plans to eliminate the entire Southern Illinois News Guild newsroom. We appreciate them carrying our statement. mediapost.com/publications/a…

The Buffalo Newspaper Guild and United Media Guild highlighted unflattering realities at its two largest news holdings and sent a clear message to shareholders at Lee Enterprises' annual meeting last week about steps that must be taken to safeguard the company's future.

The unions of the largest papers in the Lee Enterprises media chain will be negotiating with Lee Enterprises this year. Find out what's happened to The Buffalo News, one of the company's largest holdings since Lee took ownership. #protectlocaljournalism

Solidarity!

Apparently, Lee Enterprises doesn't think our readers care about the weather. Another short-sighted move by Lee Enterprises

In Lee Enterprises' rush to diminish print newspapers and move subscribers online, it would help if the company would FIX its trouble-plagued websites and apps. This great thread from the Buffalo Newspaper Guild highlights the shared frustrations of Lee journalists, staff and subscribers.

Happy July 4th! Aside from celebrating our independence, today marks the first day in The Buffalo News' long daily history that it printed no physical paper on the 4th. And here's how Lee Enterprises spun that: (thread)

This thread applies to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Buffalo Newspaper Guild recently ratified a new contract deal with Lee Enterprises after a lengthy public awareness campaign.

As Lee Enterprises closes out its fiscal year this month, it never bypasses an opportunity to take the hatchet to its own news products. Here's just one example.

Sad news from the RNPA. This part of a consistent pattern for Lee Enterprises - removing newsrooms from the heart of their communities so that they can make $$$ off the downtown buildings and stop paying to maintain them. When the last building Lee owns gets sold, what then?

Last month, Lee Enterprises made its third round of cuts in two years to its news organizations. That's not just a blow to local journalism and the communities we cover. It's a sign of much bigger problems. Our statement on what Lee Enterprises' actions reveal about the company:

The RNPA has been bargaining with Lee Enterprises since the fall. Among the requests the guild has made is for any content created by AI to be labeled. We believe transparency is critical in the work we do. This week, we delivered this open letter to Lee editors and leaders:

.Lee Enterprises is a news media company, but its employees are getting details from outside news sources about how the February cyberattack against the company exposed employees' personal information. We have called for more transparency and answers. securityweek.com/ransomware-gro…

scoop: David Hoffmann's newspaper company has formally proposed an acquisition of Lee Enterprises, owner of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Buffalo News. $LEE I wrote about his newspaper empire ambitions in October: nytimes.com/2024/10/21/bus…

Lee Enterprises continues to gut The Omaha World-Herald — today, they laid off some of the most experienced, well-sourced reporters in the newsroom. Steve is a gem. So are the others who lost their jobs. Shame on Lee Enterprises. There is barely anything left of the news staff.

After coming off a round of layoffs six months ago, here we are again...

The only answer Lee Enterprises has to making ends meet seems to be just cutting until there's nothing left.