Media Bits and Bytes – September 5, 2023
Portside
As the media world turns and twists
As the media world turns and twists
As the media world turns and twists
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What the Hard-Won HarperCollins Union Contract Means for the Future of Books
Vox
“I’m feeling in shock, to be honest. It hasn’t quite hit me yet and I don’t think I’ll fully believe it until we’ve ratified,” And until I’ve hugged and cried in joy with my fellow strikers. But excited and nervous to get back to work! And to see the ripples this has across the industry.” Almost 250 workers had been on strike for 66 days.
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HarperCollins Debut Authors Say They Won’t Work With Strikebreaking Editors
Prism
As HarperCollins workers extend their strike into the new year, several authors express their support for the union despite potential risks to their debut novels
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HarperCollins Union Workers Go on Strike Over Pay ‘For As Long as It Takes’
The Guardian
Workers at the only ‘big four’ publisher to have a union authorize indefinite strike over low wages and diversity
The Week Corporate Power Started To Dissipate
The American Prospect
Aggressive antitrust enforcement is starting to notch some victories.
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‘Passion Doesn’t Pay the Rent’ – HarperCollins Workers Strike!
LaborPress.org
One picketer’s sign riffed on Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book, which HarperCollins publishes. “Where the Wild Things Are Underpaid,” it read, with drawings of Max’s sailboat and one of the monsters he encounters.
Remembering Freedom
parker higgins dot net
Books, you know, they’re not just commodities. The profit motive often is in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art—the art of words.
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