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Media cuts erode much-needed information flow
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Publisher:  Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
Date Written:  16/12/2008
Year Published:  2008  
Resource Type:  Article

Canadian media is being hammered by job losses at precisely the time when Canadians require more local and national news.


Abstract:  Canadian media is being hammered by job losses at precisely the time when Canadians require more local and national news.

"With an economy in crisis, we need solid, diverse reportage and points of view. As media corporations slash their workforce that information flow is being seriously eroded," said Peter Murdoch, Vice-President Media for the CEP, Canada's largest media union

Mr. Murdoch was responding to the announcement by Sun Media that it is cutting 600 FTEs - 10% of its workforce - a...
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