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Black Press members turn down proposed contract

Written on Oct, 23, 2011 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: mediaunion.ca Members of the Black Press Lower Mainland bargaining unit voted 128 -84 (60%) to turn down a proposed rollover of their collective agreement. The company was proposing a four-year contract with wage increases of 0%, 0%, 1% and 2%. Over 80 per cent of the membership voted. The next step will be to form a bargaining committee and …

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Newspaper Digital Revs Won’t Offset Print Decline

Written on Oct, 23, 2011 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: mediapost.com For at least a decade, newspaper publishers have been looking to the huge potential growth offered by digital advertising revenues — but now, 10 years on, digital revenues still make up a relatively small part of the business. Worse, slow growth in digital advertising means it’s unable to offset the precipitous, ongoing decline in print revenues…….Read entire story …

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CBC Radio interviews of Times Colonist sale

Written on Oct, 20, 2011 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: cbc.ca/ontheisland/    iTunes Podcast @ CBC Hawking papers. The Victoria Times Colonist and many other island papers have been sold. We’ll hear about their new owner, Glacier Media.   CBC Radio interview with Andrew MacLeod of The Tyee [audio:http://vving.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cbc-times-colonist.mp3|titles=Andrew MacLeod interview]   CBC Radio interview with Chris Carolan, President of the Victoria-Vancouver Island Newspaper Guild [audio:http://vving.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/chris-carolan-interview.mp3|titles=Chris Carolan interview]   No …

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Let’s hope sale of Victoria Times Colonist means better days ahead for local jobs, journalism

Written on Oct, 19, 2011 by in , , , , | Leave a comment

NEWS RELEASE – CWA|SCA CANADA   October 19, 2011 / OTTAWA — CWA|SCA Canada, the union that represents workers at the Victoria Times Colonist, is cautiously optimistic about the sale of the paper to Glacier Media. For years, Postmedia has been cutting jobs and sacrificing quality across the chain to service a huge debt load. Glacier appears to be in …

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Postmedia’s Vancouver Island Newspapers Sold

Written on Oct, 19, 2011 by in , , , | Leave a comment

Source: youtube.com/user/ctvvi – http://www.ctvvancouverisland.ca

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Glacier Media to acquire B.C. papers from Postmedia for $86.5 million

Written on Oct, 18, 2011 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: winnipegfreepress.com Glacier Media Inc. (TSX:GVC) says it will buy the Victoria Times Colonist and other daily and community papers in British Columbia, continuing a recent wave of deals in the Canadian newspaper industry. The $86.5 million acquisition from Postmedia Network Inc. also includes two other dailies and 20 weekly and bi-weekly community papers and related digital media and real …

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Glacier Media buys Victoria daily and BC community papers

Written on Oct, 18, 2011 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: thetyee.ca A media company The Tyee identified two years ago as well placed to expand has bought the Victoria Times Colonist and several community newspapers from Postmedia Network Inc.. “One of the companies likely to emerge from the downturn owning more papers is Vancouver’s Glacier Media Inc., a company that attributes its opportunity to grow to the failure of …

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CBC boss says rivals have an interest in diminishing public broadcaster

Written on Oct, 06, 2011 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: winnipegfreepress.com OTTAWA – The CBC’s top boss says one of its major competitors is determined to damage the reputation of the public broadcaster in order to weaken it and he’s determined to set the record straight on Parliament Hill. Read entire story here

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The glitch in Postmedia’s digital switch

Written on Sep, 30, 2011 by in , , , , , | Leave a comment

Source: theglobeandmail read entire story here Paul Godfrey escorted directors of Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (PNC.A-T10.00—-%) on a tour of the Calgary Herald earlier this year to showcase the struggling newspaper company’s digital future. The Postmedia chief executive officer presented a remodelled newsroom where teams juggled written and visual content for the Herald’s websites, social media platforms such as Twitter and …

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Talks hit impasse at Victoria Times Colonist

Written on Sep, 23, 2011 by in , , , | Leave a comment

Source: cwa-scacanada.ca An about-face by management of the Victoria Times Colonist has brought contract talks with three unions screeching to a halt. The Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions says meetings planned for next week have been cancelled and no new dates have been scheduled. The impasse was reached when the employer attempted to reintroduce significant items the Council believed …

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