Updated re Montreal Gazette story
Three cheers for locked out Journal de Montreal employees who have decided to publish a print edition weekly newspaper.
A CBC News story today says about 50,000 copies of the 48-page tabloid will be published every Thursday beginning in October.
The Montreal Gazette says the French-language print edition will be called Rue Frontenac.
The 253 Journal employees, locked out by Quebecor since Jan. 24, 2009, have been hosting an online newspaper, Rue Frontenac, but not a print edition.
Taking it to the streets - as Journal de Quebec lockout/strike employees did for 16 months with the free weekday tabloid MediaMatin - is more visible to readers and advertisers.
If mediated talks fail to end the 19-month dispute, the new independent weekly could grow into a competitive daily.
That's how Poppa Pierre got his start in print in Montreal and Quebec City when Montreal's La Presse and Quebec City's Le Soleil were on strike.
Three cheers for locked out Journal de Montreal employees who have decided to publish a print edition weekly newspaper.
A CBC News story today says about 50,000 copies of the 48-page tabloid will be published every Thursday beginning in October.
The Montreal Gazette says the French-language print edition will be called Rue Frontenac.
The 253 Journal employees, locked out by Quebecor since Jan. 24, 2009, have been hosting an online newspaper, Rue Frontenac, but not a print edition.
Taking it to the streets - as Journal de Quebec lockout/strike employees did for 16 months with the free weekday tabloid MediaMatin - is more visible to readers and advertisers.
If mediated talks fail to end the 19-month dispute, the new independent weekly could grow into a competitive daily.
That's how Poppa Pierre got his start in print in Montreal and Quebec City when Montreal's La Presse and Quebec City's Le Soleil were on strike.
19 months speak volumes of PKP's attitude of labour.
ReplyDeleteWhat company these days have a lockout for that long?