“A non-profit society that wants to set up a low-wattage, community radio station on Gabriola Island is worried opposition from Rogers Communications will stop their application for a broadcast licence,” reports the Victoria Times-Colonist. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will hear on March 30 the dispute between Rogers, backed by Industry Canada, and the…
Congratulations to the winners in the 2009 Better Newspapers Competition! Winners were announced on Monday, March 16th, 2009 and will have the opportunity to accept their award at the Better Newspapers Competition (BNC) Banquet on Thursday, May 20th, 2009 in Montreal at the annual National Convention.
Columnist Joe Kimball says local papers are surviving economic meltdown within news industry. “Last week’s worrisome front-page New York Times story — “As Cities Go From Two Papers to One, Talk of Zero” — raised the specter of a death knell for many papers in big markets, but also brought an interesting comment from a…
“Hearst Corp. says that 48 of its Connecticut newspaper employees are accepting buyouts as part of a move to cut costs by 20 percent.”
Several community papers are on the ropes, including the Morinville and Jasper papers, prompting a Globe and Mail online poll: Is a local newspaper important? The question follows a recent U.S. poll that found local papers won’t be missed by many. Whether the day’s tidings appear in newsprint, on a cell phone or hammered into…
“Former Rocky Mountain News staffers plan to start an online newspaper if they get 50,000 paying subscribers by April 23 — what would have been the News’ 100th anniversary,” reported Editor and Publisher. The historic paper was axed by its corporate owners, E.W. Scripps Co., last month. Got $4.99 a month U.S. to help launch…
Judy Maddren, best known as the host of World Report on CBC Radio, is leaving the public broadcaster after more than three decades at the microphone. A CBC report said Maddren is leaving the CBC to focus on her own business, Sound Portraits, in which she interviews people and records their life stories.
The news-“paper” Seattle Post-Intelligencer is no more. After Tuesday, the venerable American publication will exist online only, as a ghost of its former self….
“Four Sun Media employees lost their jobs when the Jasper Booster in Alberta closed this week after 46 years of community news, says former staffer Tim Shoults.”
“Employees of the weekly Morinville Redwater Town & Country Examiner said their goodbyes in the final print edition of the Alberta paper this week, but the farewells were not posted online.” The trend is growing as smaller and medium size community newspaper are being closed down. While print editions may be too expensive to operation,…