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December 29, 2009

McClatchy Co. is shearing another 1,600 jobs in a cost-cutting spree that has clipped nearly one-third of the newspaper publisher's work force in less than a year. ...more

March 10, 2009

Syniverse Gets Nod For India Work Tampa-based mobile phone systems company Syniverse Technologies is one of two U.S. companies selected by India's government to help implement a system for mobile phone number portability. The company will provide clearing and settlement services for a 10-year period under the contract announced by the company Monday. ...more

March 10, 2009

The company that owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, seeking relief from $13 billion in debt that largely stems from last year's leveraged buyout of the media company. ...more

December 9, 2008

About the same time Barry Melrose was introduced as the Tampa Bay Lightning's new head coach late Tuesday morning, folks in Melrose's hometown of Kelvington, Saskatchewan, nearly 2,500 miles from Tampa in central Canada, were starting to prepare for another sleepy day in the rural farming community. ...more

June 25, 2008

Media General, parent company of The Tampa Tribune, said it expects to make less money from publishing but to beat analysts' earnings estimates overall. ...more

June 11, 2008

Media General Inc., the newspaper publisher and television station operator, said today it will cut nearly 11 percent of its work force by October to reduce operating costs. ...more

May 22, 2008

Newspaper publishers, entering 2008 with some of the worst economic conditions in many years, said Wednesday that they hope to bring more readers - and ad spending - to their Web sites with expanded offerings of news, advertising and video. ...more

December 6, 2007

Gannett Co., the largest newspaper publisher in the country and owner of USA Today, said Wednesday that third-quarter earnings fell 10.5 percent, the result, in part, of slumping real estate ads and a tough comparison to year-ago results boosted by heavy political advertising. ...more

October 18, 2007