Black Press and Victoria News

holy crap this is funny.  I usually grab the paper for the flyers, and leave the "newspaper" part in the box

“You can may be find a place in Colwood or View Royal, where you can may be afforded,” she says. “But if you are a full-time student, who is may be working a part time, it is completely unreasonable to ask them to commute that far every day, especially with our transit system.”

 

https://www.sookenew...s-into-suburbs/

You may have noticed a new logo for the Victoria News on our Facebook page – it was updated recently as part of a “soft change.” But now that our readers and viewers have had a little time to get used to it, we’re happy to say it’s part of a new direction too. It’s simple, it’s strong, it’s now. And so are we.

The News unveiled a new website earlier this year. We’ve hired more staff, expanded our coverage, built up new audiences and have moved towards more stories, more video and more community engagement.

We’re thinking about the future of journalism here at the Vic News.

 

While we continue to be a hyperlocal, bi-weekly newspaper and your best source of community news within Victoria and Esquimalt, we’re also moving full-steam ahead in making the transition to a hyperactive multimedia company that will bring you breaking news as it happens, along with rich video, powerful storytelling, visuals and fun engagement across all of our social media platforms and website.

 

http://www.vicnews.c...-victoria-news/

^ How are they going to get breaking news along with "rich video and breaking storytelling", did they cut a deal with VV?!

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 19 September 2017 - 06:50 AM.

Its a step in, for absolute certainty, the right directions. The rush towards 'feed and 'ist suffixed content, in other words, styles of reporting or journalism artistry, is upon us at right now.

^Is there a sale on commas today?

^Is there a sale on commas today?

I believe I saw Mike K. & VHF stocking up on them at Bulk Barn recently.

I believe I saw Mike K. & VHF stocking up on them at Bulk Barn recently.

Moving full steam ahead. Might be just a tad anachronistic for a digital media enterprise. 

I can't even write this badly on purpose...

Harper joins council with little more than one left until the 2018 general municipal election. 

 

The Gordon Head Recreation was also the subject of criticsm from one at least one caller to the Saanich News, who complained long wait times in casting her ballot.

 

http://www.vicnews.c...ich-byelection/

I challenge anyone to make any sense of this article.

Residents recount odd influx of escorts in Silver Creek

People living near Sagmoen farm say several prositutes arrived at wrong address.

 

http://www.vicnews.c...n-silver-creek/

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 04 November 2017 - 06:00 PM.

I challenge anyone to make any sense of this article.

 

 

http://www.vicnews.c...n-silver-creek/

Easy...it was a GPS error

The actual location was probably Slivers on Cherry Creek Road near Port Alberni.

A Sagmeon is a banjo, so the hookers were being strung along.

The story ended up being a cluster for sure.

Oops. That's not good.

No comma after "...graffiti art" in the image description, and I "think" there might also be a need for a comma after the word graffiti in the sub-title, but maybe not if its title-speak? I dunno. But we can clearly see a big goof-up in the sub-title.

This is the latest Vic News paper.

Black Press lost Torstar another $300,000 in the last quarter.

Our loss from associated businesses was $2.3 million in the third quarter of 2017 compared to losses of $4.0 million in the third quarter of 2016.

 

The loss in the third quarter of 2017 included a loss of $0.5 million from Blue Ant, a loss of $0.3 million from Black Press and a loss of $1.5 million from VerticalScope. The loss from VerticalScope included $7.0 million of amortization expense. The loss in the third quarter of 2016 included income of $1.0 million from Black Press and income of $0.3 million from Blue Ant, offset by a loss of $5.3 million from VerticalScope which included $13.0 million of amortization expense.

 

http://www.marketwir...s.b-2239020.htm

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 22 November 2017 - 04:28 PM.

Isn't UsedVic included in the Black Press figures? I thought it was a moneymaker.

In a related note, I have seen a couple of Vic News articles about the second-hand goods economy, specifically mentioning Used Victoria to the exclusion of other places like Kijiji and Craigslist. 

Torstar owns 19% of BP, so I'm not sure if that means BP lost about $1.5M in the last quarter.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 22 November 2017 - 05:01 PM.