Union News & Announcements

January 23, 2009

TO: P. Steven Ainsley, Publisher
Gregory L. Thornton, Sr. Vice President

FROM: Daniel B. Totten, President

RE: Information Request – Boston Globe Niche Publications

The Boston Newspaper Guild requests information on all Boston Globe/New England Media Group publications, i.e. Lola, Fashion Boston, OT, etc., relative to:

• Cost to produce each product


• Revenues for each product from their inception to YTD 2009


• Where revenues are allocated/who receives credit for these revenues – Globe? NYT? NE Media? Other? etc.


• ROI (Return on Investment) for each niche publication

We look forward to your prompt response to this matter.

We are hopeful this information request will not require multiple requests and that we are not waiting for months for response, as has been the case on formal information requests for some period of time.

cc: D. Wanger

January 23, 2009