Monthly Archives: November 2012

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Written on Nov, 28, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: ocregister.com By FRANK MICKADEIT COLUMNIST / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER This is the Thanksgiving column I never thought I’d write. You’ve seen what’s happened to newspapers. As we’ve struggled for relevancy in the digital age with one hand and fought off the recession with the other, we became something less. At the Register, our Web presence grew and we got the most-important …

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Written on Nov, 22, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: theglobeandmail.com   Sun Media pressed ahead with an internal reorganization Wednesday, firing regional publishers in Ontario and replacing them with advertising managers whose sole focus will be on selling advertisements across broad geographic areas. Click the link to read the entire story @ theglobeandmail.com

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Written on Nov, 22, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: theglobeandmail.com Postmedia Network Inc. is asking current and former employees to help the embattled newspaper publisher save some millions of dollars a year by extending the amount of time the company has to top up their pension fund. The company – which publishes such metropolitan titles such as the National Post, Ottawa Citizen and Calgary Herald – is taking advantage …

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Written on Nov, 18, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: poynter.org An accusation is often more newsworthy than the recantation. So should a news organization make an effort to ensure the new information is given the same prominence as the original? It’s a question that arose this week after the unnamed man who leveled underage sex allegations against Kevin Clash, the voice and puppeteer of Elmo on “Sesame Street,” recanted …

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Written on Nov, 07, 2012 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: reuters.com Tue Nov 6, 2012 3:25pm EST  Overview — We are lowering our long-term corporate credit rating on Victoria, B.C.-based Black Press Ltd. to ‘B-‘ from ‘B’ based on our view of the company’s ongoing organic revenue and profit declines, as well as refinancing risk. — At the same time, we are revising our recovery rating on the company’s senior …

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