Daily News Union
@nydnunion.bsky.social
The unionized reporters and staff of New York's hometown newspaper, est. 2021 Too tough to die https://nydnunion.com/
The NY Daily News' owners could have used yesterday's election to bring in a wave of new young readers — maybe future subscribers. Instead they made the finance-bro move: another front-page wrap ad, this one about dogs, to make some quick one-off cash. Number go up, right?
Taking a stand against @nydailynews.com owner Alden Global Capital's unchecked greed is nothing new for @nydnunion.bsky.social. It's how they won their strong first contract. Our members are doing it again, standing together to back their work and each other against Alden's harm.
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · last mo.Polls close in the primaries today. And again, this political ad pretends to be our wood.
@alexbores.nyc stole Sunday’s front page of the Daily News from FDNY widows, Monday’s from the man who fell to his death at MSG (in the district he’s running to represent), and today’s from a young father killed in a Brooklyn hit-and-run
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · last mo.Polls close in the primaries today. And again, this political ad pretends to be our wood.
Polls close in the primaries today. And again, this political ad pretends to be our wood.
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · last mo.This looks like an endorsement, but its not -- the wood of the Daily News should not be for sale! Our staff was mortified to wake up to a front page covered by a deceptive political ad for two days straight. Shame on Heath Freeman and Alden for selling our good name for a buck.
This looks like an endorsement, but its not -- the wood of the Daily News should not be for sale! Our staff was mortified to wake up to a front page covered by a deceptive political ad for two days straight. Shame on Heath Freeman and Alden for selling our good name for a buck.
Welcoming our colleagues at AMNewYork and the other Schneps outlets. New York's Hometown Paper stands with you.
Schneps Media Union@schneps-union.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe, the staff of Schneps Media, are forming a union to keep local journalism strong and protect journalists reporting on the communities we serve. Follow @schneps-union and @newsguild.org and visit our website cwalocals.org/schnepsunion Thanks! #SchnepsUnion
Just checking in on week three of Heath Freeman's decision to fire our print production team...
This week is the first at the Daily News since Heath Freeman's Alden Capital laid off our entire print production staff. It's embarrassing to open the paper we work so hard for each day and find mistakes like this. Is this the level of editing New Yorkers can count on going forward?
"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s gambit of flattering President Donald Trump with a mocked up front page of the future – 'Trump to City: Let’s Build' – only worked so well because of the blood, sweat and tears that Daily Newsers since 1919 have put into making the paper a respected brand."
Editor’s note: Why the fake Daily News cover worked
Journalists worked hard to earn respect – even from the president.
cityandstateny.com
Last week, a Daily News reader wrote to one of The News' oldest institutions -- the Voice of the People -- to express his dismay over Alden's decision to lay off nearly a third of our staff. Orders from management were "don't print it"
We may be low on editors, but even we know that's a wordy lede. It appears New York's Other Paper is big mad we still scoop them on a regular basis
What the @nytimes.com fails to mention (again) is that the reason for the font change (which extends beyond the wood - aka "page 1" - to the entirety of the paper) is Alden Capital's decision to lay off our entire print production staff.
It would be great, too, if the @nytimes.com media desk would spend even half the effort it took to write this story on providing coverage of this month's layoffs at the Daily News.
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · 5mo agoTwo weeks after announcing layoffs that cut 28% of our unionized staff, Executive Editor Andrew Julien gives his definition of delivering "maximum value to our readers" to the New York Times: The letter "h"
Two weeks after announcing layoffs that cut 28% of our unionized staff, Executive Editor Andrew Julien gives his definition of delivering "maximum value to our readers" to the New York Times: The letter "h"
Alden Global Capital and Heath Freeman are so evil that even the NY Post wrote a sympathetic story about the Daily News. nypost.com/2026/02/13/m...
NY Daily News left with just four national writers after ‘Valentine’s Day massacre’ brings more devastating layoffs
“The vampiric owners of The News are seeking to drain the lifeblood of the paper,” a staffer told The Post.
nypost.com
💔 We stand in solidarity with the Daily News Union. It’s time for Alden Global Capital to stop gutting newspapers.
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis morning, Executive Editor Andrew Julien, citing a "a highly competitive media landscape," told NYDN staff to expect layoffs. The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
“These layoffs, which are the direct result of the repellent corporate greed that Alden Global Capital is known for, are being done without any concern for the future of the @nydailynews.com. More from our @nydnunion.bsky.social's statement nyguild.org/post/stateme...
STATEMENT from the Daily News Union, The NewsGuild of New York as Alden Global Capital begins mass layoffs:
Alden Global Capital — the nation’s most predatory newspaper owner — has again lived up to its reputation as the parasitic “destroyer of newspapers.”
nyguild.org
It cannot be reiterated enough that Heath Freeman - who really doesn’t want you to know his name - does not have a shred of interest in journalism or New York City. He treats the best city paper in NY like it’s just another asset. It’s profitable, just not enough for the private equity ghouls.
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis morning, Executive Editor Andrew Julien, citing a "a highly competitive media landscape," told NYDN staff to expect layoffs. The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
The once-mighty paper has already been on life support for years. If a billionaire who actually cares about American democracy wants to counter the fascist takeover of the US media, this is a prime candidate to buy and revive. No you won’t make much of a profit. But the country desperately needs it.
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis morning, Executive Editor Andrew Julien, citing a "a highly competitive media landscape," told NYDN staff to expect layoffs. The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
Dirty secret here is that the NYDN is almost certainly still profitable, just not profitable *enough* for the vulture fund that owns it
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis morning, Executive Editor Andrew Julien, citing a "a highly competitive media landscape," told NYDN staff to expect layoffs. The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
I would say that in a highly competitive media landscape like New York City, you would actually want more and not fewer reporters here competing for the news
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis morning, Executive Editor Andrew Julien, citing a "a highly competitive media landscape," told NYDN staff to expect layoffs. The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
This morning, Executive Editor Andrew Julien, citing a "a highly competitive media landscape," told NYDN staff to expect layoffs. The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
In today's paper, @richiefife.bsky.social call's Alden Capital's NYDN Font Gate "another visible marker of a paper steadily abandoning its identity, its readers, and its responsibility to this city."
We are picketing! 🪧 Now more than ever we need local news, and to do that we need support for the human beings behind local news like the Times Union Hearst, however, is continuing to stall on our contract — as they have for the past 17 years (1/3)
I am immediately filled with sadness and rage. Something in me just died, to be quite honest, and it was a murder. I once again feel so bad for my friends who remain and were forced to send the pages to the plant like that. At least we have the DN Union fighting the good fights.
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · 6mo agoWHAT THE FONT Daily News readers and reporters alike awoke this morning to pages and fonts we could barely recognize. Apparently our hedge-fund owners thought New York's hometown paper needed to look more like generic mid-market wire copy. Sunday vs. Monday, below:
The font work commissioned by The Daily News's union looks 5x better than the newspaper, a fact that should embarrass Heath Freeman to no end.
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe made a conscious decision in our union fight to use classic Daily News fonts -- a reminder to all of how long we've been a part of the fabric of this city
Thanks for confirming @nydnunion.bsky.social, thought I was imagining it after watching #inthepapers @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social. New font is far too condensed to read as a headline and more “free community newspaper” than “major tabloid for nation’s largest city.” Daily News deserves better.
Daily News Union@nydnunion.bsky.social · 6mo agoWHAT THE FONT Daily News readers and reporters alike awoke this morning to pages and fonts we could barely recognize. Apparently our hedge-fund owners thought New York's hometown paper needed to look more like generic mid-market wire copy. Sunday vs. Monday, below:
