by Brian Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Industry News, Local 2000 News, Local News, Uncategorized
To: Local union presidents, secretary-treasurers, NEB, leadership and all staff This fall, keep it small We are watching the number of COVID-19 cases rise in provinces across the country, and we are concerned, just like many of you are. As Canada and the world braces...
by Brian Gibson | Aug 27, 2020 | Industry News, Journalism, Uncategorized
TORONTO—An expert report released today by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters paints a grim future for Canadian democracy, predicting more newsrooms to close as broadcasters bleed revenue to foreign giants such as Facebook, Netflix and Google. “The...
by Brian Gibson | Jul 3, 2020 | Industry News
Document Resource Summary: More than 300,000 manufacturing workers lost their jobs or were put on temporary leave between February and April 2020. Most of these workers were put on leave due to pandemic related restrictions and many expect to return to their jobs once...
by Brian Gibson | Jul 3, 2020 | Industry News, Journalism, Print
Document Resource Summary: The media sector faced a number of significant challenges before the COVID-19 crisis struck, including the loss of advertising revenue to digital giants like Facebook and Google, cutbacks and closures of local and regional news outlets, the...
by Brian Gibson | Jun 18, 2020 | Industry News, Journalism
Considering such long-term measures to assist companies over shorter-term support currently in place Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said Tuesday that Ottawa is looking for “longer-term solutions” to support news and information organizations, and...
by Brian Gibson | May 29, 2020 | Industry News, Journalism
The buyers say a lot of the right things. But since they seem to have no publishing experience, there’s no way to know what their plans are for the corporation, or for the newspaper. By Magda Konieczna There’s a major irony behind this week’s sale of the Canadian...
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