‘Journal’ Union Unhappy With Contract?

Published: September 18, 2007, 12:59 pm

Tags: company town, alan greenspan, erin burnett, jill ishkanian, jim browning, maria bartiromo, mayor bloomberg, rupert murdoch, wall street, wall street journal, yale law school

MEDIA • Dow Jones may not be any good at negotiating with Murdoch, but they just pulled a coup with their union. Jim Browning, a Journal reporter and union representative, sent off a bulk e-mail: "This is not the best contract that we could have gotten." [Media Mob/NYO] • Jill Ishkanian, the former West Coast bureau chief for US Weekly, filed a $55 million lawsuit against the mag, and the details, including an attempt to seduce a nanny, are beyond juicy. [NYP] • Did Erin Burnett's agent start the "feud" with Maria Bartiromo just to raise her profile? Or did Bartiromo's agent plant this claim to get back at Burnett? [NYDN] FINANCE • The Fed's announcement on interest-rate cuts will come today at 2:15 p.m. No matter what Bernanke says, everyone on the Street will probably stay paranoid. [MarketBeat/WSJ] • Is it just us, or does Rupert Murdoch really not like Alan Greenspan? The Post keeps laying into him for causing the credit crisis, and Fox News

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