Leaders of the Philadelphia Newspaper Guild say that they're outraged that top executives of the Inquirer and Daily News received significant year-end bonuses, three months after convincing hundreds of union members to give up a $25-a-week raise.

"At the time that we voted to postpone our raise, we thought it was the right thing to do," the Guild's administrative officer, Bill Ross, said yesterday. "Looking back, we have egg on our face."

Other union leaders said they had no problem with the bonuses.

Philadelphia magazine's Web site reported over the weekend that chief executive Brian P. Tierney received a $350,000 bonus, while Daily News publisher Mark Frisby and vice president of finance Richard Thayer received $150,000 each. Smaller amounts went to other managers.

Jay Devine, a spokesman for the newspaper company, declined yesterday to discuss compensation for any employees. But some details are likely to emerge next week, when the company is due to file a compensation report as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in federal court.