Yep, they sent a notice to their employees yesterday and posted it to the web – if the Newark Star-Ledger can’t get a new contract with the driver’s union by October 8, the paper will be put up for sale or close by January 5, 2009.
The Star-Ledger has been doing some innovative online stuff and isn’t a small paper – 350,000 a day and 520,000 on Sunday.