Written on Dec, 18, 2013 by in | Leave a comment

Source of Article: thetyee.ca Five-year deals show scrounging for nickels and security is new reality.  These are strange days, indeed, for public sector unions. Big developments, not always happy ones, are everywhere. Yet the dearth of labour reporters and the collective yawns from editors and the public alike have combined to shine relatively little light on groundbreaking events that would have dominated …

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Source: j-source.ca Black Press Media has shut down the Abbotsford/Mission Times, a little more than a month after purchasing the B.C. paper from Glacier Media. The company also took down the newspaper’s website and closed its Twitter account. When asked why the company was shutting down a newspaper it considered a worthy purchase in October, Rick O’Connor, president and CEO of Black Media, told …

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Written on Nov, 26, 2013 by in , , , | Leave a comment

Source: thetyee.ca Talks between the company that publishes the Vancouver Sun and Province and the union that represents their workers broke down after two days of negotiations earlier this month over contracting out of the printing of both newspapers. That increases the likelihood of a labour dispute in a year’s time over Pacific Newspaper Group’s plan to have outside companies handle …

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Source: inma.org When considering the future of print, remember that 80% of Canadians read newspaper content every week. The number of those who only access this content through digital formats is rising, of course. But one thing remains consistent: the belief that newspapers are a credible and comprehensive source of information. Read the entire story here

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Source: mashable.com Over the past eight years, newspapers have seen budgets cut and newsrooms shrink as readers — and more crucially, advertisers — have shifted from print to digital devices. To combat those shifts, publishers have drastically cut costs, reduced (or in some cases, completely halted) publication of their print editions, redirecting resources to digital editions and ad products instead. read the entire …

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Source: j-source.ca Postmedia Network’s B.C. papers have suffered a spate of bad news recently—a large number of employees took buyouts from The Province and the Vancouver Sun, and there were rumours the two brands would be merged into one newspaper. Then there was that memo from Pacific News Group president Gordon Fisher that riled many, putting two floors of its building …

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Written on Sep, 27, 2013 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: j-source.ca The union representing Globe and Mail employees said the company must stop pointing the finger at them for its financial struggles. “There is no denying The Globe is struggling, perhaps failing financially. We get it. But a blame-shifting approach won’t fix The Globe’s very serious problems,” said Sue Andrew, unit chair at the Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild in a memo obtained by Christine Dobby at the Financial Post. “Characterizing Globe employees as having a …

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Written on Sep, 26, 2013 by in | Leave a comment

Source: newswire.ca MONTREAL, Sept. 26, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – TransForce Inc. (TSX: TFI) (OTCQX: TFIFF), a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, today announced that, through its subsidiary Dynamex Canada Limited, it has acquired all the shares of Total Delivery Systems (“TDS”).   Headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, TDS operates a network of 18 locations across British Columbia. …

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Written on Sep, 21, 2013 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: usatoday.com Being president and CEO of the Newspaper Association of America is not a job for the fainthearted. Your mission includes lobbying for, speaking for and galvanizing an industry that, while it is the press, hasn’t gotten very much good press, not for a long time. Click here to read entire story

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