Queen's Printer members ratify new contract

Local 2000 members at the Queen’s Printer ratified a new collective agreement on October 29. This is a joint certification with Unifor Local 780G so bargaining for both unions was done together. The agreement fits the pattern set by other unions that negotiate with...

O.C. Register owner files for bankruptcy

Freedom Communications Inc., owner of the Orange County Register, filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday, and its chief executive said he plans to lead a bid to acquire the troubled newspaper company. The Santa Ana-based newspaper firm, which also owns the Riverside...

British tabloid The Sun drops paywall

Add another one to the list of news organizations pulling down paywalls and dropping tablet apps. The Sun, the British tabloid owned by News UK, is dropping its paywall and also killing off its tablet app as of November 30. Sun+, which cost £7.99 per month, had...

'We invest in content,' Globe publisher says

More Canadians are reading the Globe and Mail than any other brand according to a recently released study. The study by Vividata, which is the amalgamated organization of NADbank and Print Measurement Bureau (PMB), found the Globe has about 6.6 million readers across...

Democratic reform? Let's start with newspapers

Observing the cathartic effect of the end of the Harper regime reveals just how traumatized millions of Canadians were by nearly 10 years of rule by this paranoid and vindictive prime minister. The analogies and metaphors keep coming: like getting out of jail, like...