tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post9201286541274750881..comments2024-03-04T12:34:21.190-05:00Comments on Toronto Sun Family: 1971 - 2021: Barrie to T.O.Toronto Sun Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371905107394425335noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-77414852527866164612009-10-30T17:34:02.842-04:002009-10-30T17:34:02.842-04:00Maybe you Sun Media folks should talk to your comp...Maybe you Sun Media folks should talk to your competition at Metroland, Black Press and Trans Con as they are all either starting the same processes or gearing up for it. You're the leaders!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-72617214676136654842009-10-30T00:08:56.066-04:002009-10-30T00:08:56.066-04:00Well, the India scenario is coming to virtually ev...Well, the India scenario is coming to virtually every North American media venture eventually. Torstar has been doing it for the majority of 2009 I believe.<br />Didn't the KW Record just move all of their production there?Jeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-27512633068193642322009-10-29T04:09:15.662-04:002009-10-29T04:09:15.662-04:00Everyone is right, of course. This is the party-li...Everyone is right, of course. This is the party-line we've been hearing since Quebecor goose-stepped into power.<br />"We're destroying families and ruining the newspaper industry to serve you better!"<br />PKP wants to run his media empire using the fast-food model: One central factory employing minimum-wage employees spews out snack-sized, one-size-fits-all homogenized garbageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-53339315018657773052009-10-28T08:31:04.421-04:002009-10-28T08:31:04.421-04:00Very Interesting indeed. I was the printing ink su...Very Interesting indeed. I was the printing ink supplier,of a Canadian Ink Company to Georgian Web, until Quebecor purchased and mandated printing ink be purchased from a U.S./Japanese Company. Just for the record Georgian Web has been using Vegetable Oil Based Ink(canola and soya oil) for many years!!!With the exception of black as the costs are very prohibited for vegatable oil based black ink.D.Baxternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-55615330898803088272009-10-28T02:09:24.669-04:002009-10-28T02:09:24.669-04:00"The current expansion happening at the Exami..."The current expansion happening at the Examiner" must mean the expanding of the Centre of Excellence to handle the tab Life and other shared pages previously done by the Sue Batsford team in London - the team that's been shrunk to just Sue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-34182235810525977652009-10-28T02:07:11.124-04:002009-10-28T02:07:11.124-04:00They do Kirkland Lake in Barrie? I thought it was ...They do Kirkland Lake in Barrie? I thought it was done in Timmins?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-52770885718157465692009-10-27T22:57:45.468-04:002009-10-27T22:57:45.468-04:00A vegatable based ink. What the hell does that hav...A vegatable based ink. What the hell does that have to do with putting 16 presspeople out of work. More time for late breaking stories? Lady was run over by a transport at 1 am Mon.Was it in Tues. paper. No. Delivery will be later. Yup. Instead of the drivers picking the papers up at 1:30 am they pick them up at 6:00 am. People won't<br />see the paper till 10:00. When the union has the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-38437257610581159092009-10-27T12:36:01.371-04:002009-10-27T12:36:01.371-04:00That is a load of complete and utter nonsense. A g...That is a load of complete and utter nonsense. A good friend of mine worked for Georgian Web as a printer. We worked together back in those halcyon days when newspapers actually had their own presses; he moved to Georgian Web as companies closed presses far and wide. Georgian was able to accommodate the demands imposed on it. But the writing was on the wall after Quebecor bought the new plant - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com