Source CMG • POSTED ON February 20, 2013 Transcontinental Media, publisher of magazines such as Elle Canada and The Hockey News as well as dozens of community newspapers across the country, is trying to impose a harsh new contract on freelancers. The conditions Transcontinental is seeking undermine everyone in the sector. Transcontinental wants the same rights it gets for the work of employees …
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Source: editorandpublisher.com by: Alan D. Mutter Several years ago, The Washington Post convened a series of focus groups to learn why most people younger than 45 did not subscribe to the newspaper — a problem persisting to this day throughout the overwhelmingly print-centric industry. It’s not that people didn’t like the Post, reported the American Journalism Review in a 2005 article describing the research project. The problem was …
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Source: thetyee.ca By ROBYN SMITH A former managing editor of the Vancouver Sun is the new president and publisher of the newspaper, as well as The Province, it was announced today. Gordon Fisher, most recently the president of the National Post, will now oversee the Pacific Newspaper Group, the company that manages the major B.C. dailies. “A major focus of this year’s …
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Some reporters resent rise of assignments born of deals with advertisers. Source: thetyee.ca By Jonathan Sas “I hate it. I hate doing it… It’s not what I signed up for.” That’s the lament of a former Postmedia reporter assigned all too often to write “custom content.” Most of us assume that media outlets still go about producing their news the traditional way …
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Source: poynter.org As this year begins, three notable reports share the same conclusion about the future of news: The path we are on is uncertain and debatable. But two of the three studies now see an extended economic shelf life for print, even as audiences swing digital and the search for viable digital news products continues. Click here to read entire story
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Source: kamloopsnews.ca The death of newspapers has been greatly exaggerated, Rotarians heard Monday. Peter Kvarnstrom, chairman of the Canadian Newspapers Association board, told a luncheon of the Rotary Club of Kamloops that the print medium is far from extinction. Kvarnstrom also serves as president of B.C. community media for Glacier Media Group, the B.C.-based publisher of The Daily News and 80 …
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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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Source: angus-reid.com Most respondents rely on television, print newspapers and radio to make informed choices before an election. British Columbians express a preference for unbiased journalism from established news organizations, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll conducted in partnership with the Jack Webster Foundation has found. In the online survey of a representative sample of 800 British Columbians, almost four-in-five respondents (78%) …
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Source: niemanlab.org After being sold over the summer, the newspaper is hiring about 50 editorial staffers and adding new print sections — because print’s where the money is. Why did the Orange County Register send reporters and photogs to cover 40 — yes, four-zero, 40 — high-school sporting events in one weekend? No, it’s not another news mob. Nor is it a one-time thing. At …
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Newspaper companies are doing just fine, thanks. Journalists, not so much. Source: thetyee.ca Toronto journalism nerds are flocking to a sold-out event this evening, provocatively titled “Yes, Genius, the Sky Is Falling. So Now What?” I have thus been provoked to pen… er, pixel this contrarian view. The event features David Carr, media critic for the New York Times, who was a key …
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