Entertainment & Arts
Evening News Assn., the Detroit-based parent of the Detroit News and five television stations, agreed Thursday to a merger with Gannett Co. in a cash transaction valued at $717 million.
Aug. 30, 1985
About 2,500 workers at the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News walked off the job after contract negotiations broke down.
July 14, 1995
World & Nation
Detroit Papers Increase Prices: The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press will increase their single-copy price to 25 cents from 15 cents and 20 cents respectively on Saturday.
Dec. 6, 1989
There are more cranes and construction crews in Detroit these days than usual, probably more than at any time in the past 40 years.
Feb. 5, 2006
The National Labor Relations Board said it will seek a federal injunction ordering the publisher of Detroit’s two daily newspapers to immediately reinstate about 2,000 striking editorial, delivery and production workers at the Detroit News who walked off the job in July 1995.
July 2, 1997
It was supposed to be a marriage of profitable convenience, a newspaper merger that only an accountant could love.
March 22, 1990
Detroit Papers Sued: Several prominent civic leaders filed suit against Detroit’s two largest newspapers, claiming the papers violated terms of their joint operating agreement when they published combined editions in the early weeks of a strike.
Nov. 22, 1995
Culture Monster Blog
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March 1, 2011
The Detroit News started it. And the Portland Oregonian tried to finish it on Thursday.
June 8, 1990
Business
Detroit Newspapers Inc. said it will respond this week to an offer by 2,000 striking union members to return to work.
Feb. 18, 1997