Canada's media companies may "disappear" says union

OTTAWA – The financial losses reported by Canwest Global Communications Wednesday should “provoke real concern about the overall crisis in Canada’s media companies” says the Canadian arm of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). “On a day when Nortel has filed for bankruptcy protection, Canadians have good reason to fear that their daily newspapers and radio and TV stations may also disappear if things continue on this path,” said CWA Canada director Arnold Amber, in a statement. Claiming there has been little attention given to the “serious pressure on Canada’s news media,” Amber said that recent “significant cuts to operations”...