by Brian Gibson | Aug 22, 2017 | Industry News |
Starting this winter, print editions of the Globe and Mail will no longer be available in any of the Atlantic provinces. Globe and Mail publisher and CEO Phillip Crawley confirmed on Aug. 21 that all print distribution to Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New...
by Brian Gibson | Aug 22, 2017 | Industry News |
Thousands of people gathered at Vancouver City Hall on Saturday to protest a rally organized by a group called the World Coalition Against Islam. The counter protest, organized by the ad hoc group Stand Up to Racism Metro Vancouver, invited interested anti-racist...
by Brian Gibson | Aug 11, 2017 | Industry News |
A labour dispute at Canada’s largest independently owned daily newspaper ended Thursday after striking workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new contract. Newsroom employees at the Halifax Chronicle Herald voted 94 per cent in favour of the new eight-year deal,...
by Brian Gibson | Jul 23, 2017 | Industry News |
Two decades ago, I wrote a critical essay titled “Goodbye Copy Desks, Hello Trouble.” What prompted that Newspaper Research Journal piece was a brief experiment in eliminating free-standing copy desks – an approach taken in the mid-’90s by a few regional newspapers....
by Brian Gibson | Jul 23, 2017 | Industry News |
Over 500 days into a work stoppage at the Chronicle Herald, the government is taking action. On July 13, the Nova Scotia government announced it is calling an Industrial Inquiry Commission to investigate the differences between both parties for the purpose of...
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