by Gary | Jun 19, 2014 | General, Industry News |
The spat between News Corp and Mail Online over copyright in Australia has spilled over to the Cannes Lions advertising festival, with a late night altercation between website publisher Martin Clarke and a reporter from a Murdoch title. Darren Davidson, a media...
by Gary | Jun 18, 2014 | General, Industry News |
Ad execs in Cannes, awash in a sea of rosé this week, need not drink to drown any sorrows: The advertising industry, it turns out, is doing just fine. Global ad spending will top $516 billion this year, according to the latest forecast from Magna Global....
by Gary | Jun 17, 2014 | General, Industry News |
Torstar Corp. has struck a compromise with the union representing journalists at its flagship newspaper over a new classification of lower-paid digital journalists that has roiled the newsroom. Under the agreement, most of the new digital jobs at the Toronto Star will...
by Gary | Jun 16, 2014 | General, Industry News |
It almost seems unfair — a case of double jeopardy. Traditional news organizations have spent the past decade responding to an enormously disruptive piece of technology: the web browser. Their old monopolies, their old claims on the audience’s attention, were broken...
by Gary | Jun 10, 2014 | General, Industry News |
If you want jobs, you need to pump and transport oil and gas, albeit as safely as humanly possible. That’s been the mantra from B.C. premier Christy Clark — a key, many would argue, to her surprise victory in the 2013 provincial election. It’s a...
by Gary | May 23, 2012 | General, Industry News |
The Proposal Committee established by the CAW and the CEP to develop a plan for a new national union held its third meeting in Toronto May 14-17. This meeting focused on developing the potential structure of the new union. It also considered ideas for organizing new...
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