The 10th edition of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global entertainment and media outlook, 2009-2013, is now available online, through the library catalogue, providing "five year forecasts of annual revenues and industry trends for the 2009-13 period across 12 major segments, in 48 countries and regions."

As well as a global overview of the media and entertainment industry, by region and by segment, this publication provides detailed reports for:

• Internet access, wired and mobile
• Internet advertising, wired and mobile
• Television subscriptions and license fees
• Television advertising
• Recorded music
• Film entertainment
• Video games
• Radio and out of home
• Consumer magazine publishing
• Newspaper publishing
• Consumer and educational book publishing
• Business to business publishing

This source provides data specifically for Canada, as well as comparative data for other countries and regions.

"Olympic Footprint is CITIZENShift's call for media on how you see the Olympics:

• Does the goodwill it's meant to foster outweigh local criticism?
• What kind of 'footprints' (environmental, economic, social, etc) are the Vancouver games leaving on that city and what kinds of 'footprints' have past Olympics left on other hosting cities?

We're looking for stories that tell how the Olympics are impacting life in BC, across Canada and around the world, before, during and after the games have gone.

The dossier, which is being co-produced with the National Film Board, will go online in late January/early February 2010."

Proposal deadline: January 22, 2010.

"The global recession is expected to reduce revenues for cultural enterprises by approximately $3.1 billion in 2009".

Prepared by the Conference Board of Canada for the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC, this report measures the impact of the current recession on the cultural sector.

The report estimates that the global recession will reduce average employment earnings of workers in the culture sector by 2.2 per cent in 2009. The report also notes that the number of self-employed workers in creative and artistic production occupations is expected to grow while revenues fall. As a result, real employment earnings for workers in these occupations (including the self-employed and employees) are expected to fall by 3.5 per cent, on average.

The report is the first in a series of three reports that the Conference Board is working on for CHRC, the other two being: a Labour Market Information report for the cultural sector (to be released in December 2009); and an identification and analysis of Human Resource issues and trends in the cultural sector (to be released in June 2010).

Technical Communication Quarterly Call for papers

Special Issue about Assessing Computer-Mediated Communication

Proposals due: March 15, 2010

Scheduled publication of special issue: Winter 2012

Details on the scope and submission process

Call published in the Routledge Communication Arena newsletter (December 2009)

A new Conference Board of Canada report may interest scholars investigating the impact of culture and innovation in Canadian urban settings.

"21st Century Cities in Canada: The Geography of Innovation summarizes the key insights and findings of a multi-year national study on urban industrial clusters, led by internationally renowned urban expert David Wolfe, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Professor Wolfe’s monograph delineates the innovation dynamic, based on in-depth analysis of the experiences of 15 Canadian cities. 21st Century Cities in Canada explores the ways in which the economic shock of the past year has dramatized the changing nature of Canada's economy, and it looks at the challenges that lie ahead. The monograph also sheds new light on the role of cities as the dominant sites of economic activity—the places where leading-edge innovation generates new ideas, new products, and new industries."

The full text is available online, for free, but you must register with the site to access it.