Times Co. Chief Addresses Executive Editor’s Firing

Mark Thompson, the company’s chief executive, reasserted the paper’s position that compensation issues played no role in the departure of Jill Abramson.



The Media Equation: Risks Abound as Reporters Play in Traffic

The availability of ready metrics on content is not only changing the way news organizations compensate their employees, but will have a significant effect on the news itself.

    



On the Road, Actors Seek Higher Pay

Actors’ Equity members are organizing against a touring system for Broadway shows that treats and pays some members handsomely and others far less so.

    



Actors Jam Meeting to Seek Higher Pay for Tours

At an overflow membership meeting of the stage actors union, concerns were expressed about the pay — lower than past norms — to performers on coming tours.

    



Hey, Stars, Be Nice to the Stagehands. You Might Need a Loan.

The stagehands at New York’s nonprofit performance institutions enjoy the salaries and bargaining power of having hard-to-replace skills and jobs that can’t be outsourced.

    



In Germany, Union Culture Clashes With Amazon’s Labor Practices

Unions say the company has imported American-style business practices that stand at odds with European norms.

    

Condé Nast Faces Suit From Interns Over Wages

The interns, who worked for W Magazine and The New Yorker, say they were paid less than $1 an hour.