Over at the Boston Globe, things are getting heated in the newsroom. In preparation for a visit by head hancho, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., staffers are protesting.

All 12,000 Union members were given t-shirts to show their distaste with the possibilities of job cuts at the paper, and while this all may sound very University of Berkeley, the newsers feel that have legit reason to be worried. The latest numbers on the New York Times (proud papa of the Globe) don't look so good.

Those figures have fueled speculation that Sulzberger might be in town to discuss further cuts at the Globe. The broadsheet cut 130 employees last year, mostly through buyouts.

Of course, while everyone in Boston is writhing, Times staffers are surely raising an eyebrow over the latest numbers as well.

Because though employees fear they will lose their jobs, and the NYT is losing money faster than Nicole Richie lost 100 pounds, good Ol' Pinch (along with Times CEO Janet Robinson) are pulling in the big bucks from their doubling and tripling stock options.

Of course it's all explained in money mumbo jumbo terms, but we can't help but have that familiar corporate feeling creep up. If only it were Christmas time, it would feel like holidays with Time Inc. all over again. Minus the "please don't fire us" tees.

Globe feels the pinch: With boss in town, union worries [Jesse Noys, Boston Hearald]
TROUBLING TIMES [Keith Kelly, New York Post]