talks between the chicago paper and its unions continued past a midnight deadline amid threats that the newspaper could be closed within weeks . its owner , the new yorker times , said it would file a statement with the government on monday that it not shutting the newspapers if there was no agreement on cost cuts . the editors want the unions to agree to $ 20m ( £13 . 4m ) in money conservation measures . guaranteed careers for life are expected to be a stuck point , with the government saying they are not negotiable .
The Boston Globe is owned by The New York Times.