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Negotiation Update

Written on Jun, 06, 2015 by admin in negotiations | Leave a comment

Progress was made on a number of issues during two days of negotiations this week between the Times Colonist and the Joint Council of unions. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled to resume June 22 and 23. Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions www.vving.ca

Worldwide newspaper circulation revenues pass advertising for the first time

Written on Jun, 02, 2015 by admin in Media & Publishing, Newspapers | Leave a comment

Source:poynter.org Last year circulation revenues inched ahead of advertising for the world’s newspapers, according to a report out today from the trade group WAN-IFRA. For 2014, circulation generated $92 billion compared to $87 billion for advertising, according to a world press trends survey released as WAN-IFRA begins its annual World Congress meeting in Washington. Read entire story here

CWA Canada forges coalition to take on TPP

Written on May, 27, 2015 by admin in CWA, CWA Canada | Leave a comment

Source: cwa-scacanada.ca CWA Canada is moving aggressively to open up a second front in North America in an all-out battle to stop the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership from being adopted in this country. The union has hired former CBC foreign correspondent Bill Gillespie to help co-ordinate a campaign that will see the Trade Justice Network — a coalition of progressive groups concerned about fair …

The dangers of journalism include getting doxxed. Here’s what you can do about it.

Written on May, 26, 2015 by admin in Journalism, Media & Publishing | Leave a comment

Source: poynter.org by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressPublished May 19, 2015 10:58 amUpdated May 19, 2015 11:13 am This is another in a series of articles by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press covering legal issues that affect journalists. RCFP’s First Look Media Technology Fellow Jenn Henrichsen wrote this article. read entire story here Threatening journalists over their reporting is not a new …

A Mental-Health Epidemic In The Newsroom

Written on May, 26, 2015 by admin in Journalism, Media & Publishing | Leave a comment

Source: http: huffingtonpost.com read entire story here This is the first installment in our series on mental health in the newsroom. Here are the second, third, fourth and fifth installments. When Hurricane Katrina swirled onto the Louisiana shore and residents of New Orleans clogged highways to flee, John McCusker stayed behind. A photographer for The Times-Picayune for more than two decades, McCusker paddled through the city’s muddy …

Freedom of the Press 2015

Written on May, 26, 2015 by admin in Media & Publishing | Leave a comment

Source:https://freedomhouse.org read entire story here

Newsonomics: Buying Yelp — and making it the next core of the local news and information business

Written on May, 26, 2015 by admin in Media & Publishing | Leave a comment

The pricetag would be high, but it might be worth it to reassemble one part of the old newspaper bundle — tying together local news and local services. By KEN DOCTOR @kdoctor May 21, 2015, 7:31 a.m. Source: niemanlab.org read entire story here Yelp’s for sale, and the news has generated the usual, now-tiresome lists of potential buyers: Google, Amazon, Apple, Yahoo, Facebook. It’s like all …

Shoptalk: Don’t “Fold” Too Early on Print

Written on May, 26, 2015 by admin in Media & Publishing, Newspapers | Leave a comment

Source: editorandpublisher.com by: Tom Ratkovich I’m a fitness enthusiast and a poker player. While I’m better at the former than the latter, I’m always looking to improve my game. Before stepping onto the elliptical machine for some cardio recently, I downloaded a favorite poker podcast. The subject: folding your cards too early can be a mistake and cost you money. The …

Harper brings CBC to heel

Written on Apr, 26, 2015 by admin in CBC | Leave a comment

By Antonia Zerbisias, for The Tyee The thing about public broadcasters is that governments too often get confused between “publicly-owned” and “state-owned.” Technically, of course, there is no difference. Both are funded with tax dollars. But the former suggests that citizens get a public good like, say, when they fund public transit or public roads. Public broadcasting should, as a …

O’Hanlon, Kirkup returned as top officers

Written on Apr, 20, 2015 by admin in CWA Canada, Elections | Leave a comment

Nominations for president and vice-president of CWA/SCA Canada closed Thursday, April 16, with only two nominations received by the National Elections Committee. As a result, we declare Martin O’Hanlon returned as President and Lois Kirkup as Vice-president, by acclamation. National Election Committee, CWA/SCA Canada

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Negotiation Update

Worldwide newspaper circulation revenues pass advertising for the first time

CWA Canada forges coalition to take on TPP

The dangers of journalism include getting doxxed. Here’s what you can do about it.

A Mental-Health Epidemic In The Newsroom

Freedom of the Press 2015

Newsonomics: Buying Yelp — and making it the next core of the local news and information business

Shoptalk: Don’t “Fold” Too Early on Print

Harper brings CBC to heel

O’Hanlon, Kirkup returned as top officers

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