Eleventh-Hour Reprieve For New Halifax Employees
First came the news that the ex-New York Times Regional Media Group employees would not have to sign the noncompete agreement issued by new owners Halifax Media Holdings by yesterday’s deadline.
This came after many journalists cried foul about the excessive restrictions in the agreement, which would have prohibited employees from working for any kind of media property for two years in any state in which Halifax did business, no matter why the employee left Halifax.
Then, the non-compete clause was scrapped entirely, Jim Romenesko and Poynter both report.
At a staff meeting at the Lakeland (Fla.)
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