Feder: Union vote doomed money-losing DNAinfo
Posted November 03, 2017 1:00 am
A vote last week by newsroom employees in New York to unionize was a factor in the decision by Joe Ricketts to shut down the digital news sites DNAinfo Chicago and Chicagoist, the company acknowledged. Ricketts, patriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs, has been losing money on DNAinfo since he founded the hyperlocal digital news service in 2009. For full report, see robertfeder.com.
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