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Newspaper reach holds steady, overall readership increases

Written on Mar, 31, 2011 by admin in Circulation, Newspapers | Leave a comment

Source: marketingmag.ca The latest readership data from NADbank shows that newspapers’ print editions are still the most popular way to read them, staving off digital media’s quest for dominance, for now. NADbank’s 2010 newspaper readership report shows that while migration to newspaper websites is still happening, readers continue to use print editions as their primary source for news. According to …

Workers at Windsor Star give bargaining team strike mandate

Written on Mar, 29, 2011 by admin in Post Media, Union | Leave a comment

Windsor Typographical Union | CWA Canada Local 30553 Postmedia Network’s attempt to eliminate an early-retirement provision in their contracts has employees at the Windsor Star up in arms. Members of three unions on Sunday voted 96 per cent in favour of giving their joint council a strike mandate, which could see them hoisting picket signs by mid-May. David Esposti, the …

CEP requests government review foreign ownership of Postmedia

Written on Mar, 03, 2011 by admin in Post Media | Leave a comment

Source: mediaunion.ca/ The national office of the CEP today formally asked the government to review the purchase of Canwest newspapers by U.S. investors. The press release is below. OTTAWA, Feb. 25 /CNW/ – The Harper government should immediately review the purchase of Canada’s largest newspaper chain by foreign investors, says Canada’s media union in a formal request to James Moore, …

Canadian newspapers still generate big profits

Written on Feb, 14, 2011 by admin in Circulation, Internet, Newspapers | 1 Comment.

Those death-defying newspapers By David Olive | Sun Feb 13 2011 Source: moneyville.ca Newspapers are proving so resilient that the term “dying newspaper industry” will be retired in the next year or two. Newspapers are still profitable, even in the midst of the most punishing ad drought in memory. Readership is at record levels, despite price hikes imposed by publishers. …

In a must-read column, laid-off N.J. sports editor raps Gannett: ‘We’re all victims of corporate greed’

Written on Feb, 10, 2011 by admin in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Source: gannettblog.blogspot.com/ read story here

JOB 1: 180 DEGREES

Written on Jan, 28, 2011 by admin in CWA, Organized Labour, Union | Leave a comment

Organizer faces monumental task of growing the membership Source: cwa-scacanada.ca It’s day two on the job for Dave Bosveld and he can barely contain his enthusiasm for the monumental task ahead: Help to turn around the precipitous decline in union numbers across North America. He begins as Organizing Director for CWA Canada by blazing trails in relatively unmarked territory. Rather …

Bad managers prove a headache for HR department

Written on Jan, 21, 2011 by admin in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Source: theglobeandmail.com Managers who bully, are disrespectful or play favourites are a huge problem that many Canadian organizations are willing to turn a blind eye to as long as those leaders get results, according to a new survey. click here to read story

Don’t Redesign, Rethink

Written on Jan, 16, 2011 by admin in Advertising, Circulation, Ditigal Puplishing, Media & Publishing, Newspapers | Leave a comment

Source: Editor&Publisher By: Bill Ostendorf A continued, gradual drop in print readership could be explained as a natural result of technological changes. But the dramatic drops experienced by newspapers in recent years have been greatly accelerated by our own, self-inflicted wounds. We’ve mangled our print publications with ill-timed and executed news hole reductions, publishing cycle changes, staff cuts, and price …