Archive for ‘Canwest’
Buyouts offered at PNG
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Today letters went out to employees at the Victoria Times Colonist, Vancouver Sun and The Province announcing buyouts.
Over the past week Postmedia has been cutting jobs at its newspapers across …
Questions for Canwest buyers
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Here’s wishing at least one business reporter would ask some questions about the deal to buy Canwest newspapers, rather than simply repeating what’s in company press releases.
On Wednesday, less than …
Too much debt, again
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
The sale of Canwest’s newspapers, approved in principle last week by a bankruptcy judge in Toronto, to an ad hoc committee of bondholders, mostly based in the USA, does little …
Time to fix CCAA system
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Screw the workers and look after ourselves! This seems to be the motto that Canwest senior managers live by, as judged by their actions in the current Companies’ Creditors Arrangement …
Let’s hope new owner gets journalism
Friday, March 12th, 2010
So now that we have some idea of who is interested in buying Canwest’s newspapers which one of the bidders should we, the employees, be cheering for?
According to news reports …
Canwest soap opera
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
The restructuring process, including finding a buyer(s), for Canwest newspapers gets more curious with every filing of new material to the court-appointed monitor’s website.
So far this week, a reading of …
State of the union at Canwest
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
“What’s going to happen next?” remains the hottest topic of conversation among Canwest employees two weeks after the company’s newspaper division entered creditor protection.
Here’s what we do know:
The big Canadian …
‘If it isn’t illegal, it should be’
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
However one characterizes it — criminal or just the way the capitalist system works — Hollinger’s last chapter is a fitting end for the newspaper empire once run by convicted …
Show us the deal!
Monday, November 30th, 2009
The suspense is killing us. When will Canwest’s publishing side enter creditor protection?
Soon seems to be the consensus. It’s not a question of if, but when — that seems certain. …
Let’s fight for local ownership
Friday, October 30th, 2009
“Welcome. Make yourself at home.” While those are your words, you’re thinking: Okay they’re family, but they’re losers who act like they know it all. Have I bought enough beer? …
