A former reporter at the Monterey County Herald has sued the Northern California newspaper and its parent company, MediaNews Group, alleging that he was underpaid and then fired because of his race.
MediaNews, headed by press mogul Dean Singleton (pictured), is also a major presence in the Bay Area media market, and owns newspapers including the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, and Marin Independent Journal.
Andre Briscoe, a black man who worked at the Herald from Au
A lawyer for MediaNews Group says the newspaper chain plans to deny allegations of discrimination in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by a former reporter at the Monterey County Herald.
Andre Briscoe, a black man who worked at the MediaNews-owned Herald from August 2005 through January 2008, asserts in the lawsuit that he was paid less than other reporters because of his race and fired in retaliation for complaining about discrimination to the paper's human resources department. He is suing t
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