In a rare good day for traditional media, the Boston Globe got at least a temporary reprieve yesterday as NY Times management reached an agreement with six of the seven unions with which it’s been battling for concessions over the last few weeks. The holdout (Boston Newspaper Guild) is now facing significant pressure, not only from management but also from the other unions and its own members to keep negotiations moving forward. Regardless of the result, it appears the paper will keep rolling off the presses for now.

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