The countdown is on: Will the Inky and DN sale go through? (UPDATE: No deal.)

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The countdown is on: Will the Inky and DN sale go through? (UPDATE: No deal.)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 4:15 PM
Filed Under: Media | News

T-minus 45 minutes for the Inky and DN's prospective buyers to reach an agreement with the holdout drivers' union. Meanwhile, Ed Rendell thinks the union is being stupid: "The vote by the drivers makes no sense at all," Rendell told the Inky, with characteristic tact*. "It appears to me that they didn't understand what the company was offering. The company's offer, under the circumstances, was excellent."

Counters the union: "I don't know how he can say the vote makes no sense without talking to us first," Local 628 President John Laigaie said.

Will they reach a deal? Your guess is as good as mine.

UPDATE: No deal. It now seems the papers are headed back to the auction block next week, and for now, the Brian Tierney era continues.

*I stand corrected.


Posted 2010-09-14 11:38:10
Tact. Not tack.
Posted by Jeffrey Billman @ 4:15 PM  Permalink | Post a comment
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