Labour Spokesman

Labour Spokesman is a newspaper published from Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.[2] It was founded in 1957.[1] As of 1972, it was published as a daily and claimed a circulation of 1,500.[3] At the time, George Lewis was the editor.[3] It is an organ of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party and the Saint Kitts and Nevis Trades and Labour Union.[3] At the time, it was the sole daily newspaper in the country.[3] The newspaper frequently published allegations of corruption in the rival People's Action Movement.[4]

Labour Spokesman
TypeTwice a week Newspaper
Founded1957
Political alignmentSaint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersMasses House, Church Street, Basseterre
CityBasseterre
CountrySaint Kitts and Nevis
Circulation6,000 (as of 2002)[1]
Websitethelabourspokesman.com

History

As of the 1980s, Joseph France served as editor of Labour Spokesman, whilst serving as secretary of the Labour Party and general secretary of the Trades and Labour Union at the same time.[5][6] At the time, the newspaper had one full-time reporter and a part-time reporter.[5] The newspaper is mainly dedicated to local issues.[7]

As of the mid-1980s, it was published on Wednesdays and Saturdays.[8] By the early 1990s, Dawud Byron served as editor of Labour Spokesman and Walford Gumbs as its manager.[7][2] An 8-page tabloid, copies of Labour Spokesman were sold for 0.75 East Caribbean dollar (ECD).[6] In 2002, it claimed a circulation of around 6,000.[1] As of 2007, it was reportedly still published twice weekly.[9] As of 2002, the 8-page Wednesday issues were sold for 1 ECD, whilst the 20-page Saturday issues were sold for 2 ECD.[7]

The offices and printing press of Labour Spokesman are located in the 'Masses House', a building on Church Street, Basseterre that also functions as the headquarters for the Trades and Labour Union and the Labour Party.[3][10][11]

References
  1. Timothy L. Gall; Jeneen M. Hobby; Gale Group (2007). Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Americas. Thomson Gale. p. 446. ISBN 978-1-4144-1089-0.
  2. [Anonymus AC00945912] (July 1994). The Europa world year book: 1994. Europa Publ. p. 2531. ISBN 978-1-85743-006-6.
  3. John A. Lent (1 January 1977). Third World Mass Media and Their Search for Modernity: The Case of Commonwealth Caribbean, 1717-1976. Bucknell University Press. pp. 67–68, 102, 199, 208. ISBN 978-0-8387-1896-4.
  4. Vincent K. Hubbard (2002). History of St. Kitts: The Sweet Trade. MacMillan Caribbean. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-333-74760-5.
  5. Stuart H. Surlin; Walter C. Soderlund (1990). Mass Media and the Caribbean. Taylor & Francis. pp. 105, 110. ISBN 978-2-88124-447-6.
  6. Caribbean Media Directory: With Profiles of the English-speaking Caribbean Countries. Jamaica Institute of Political Education. 1990. p. 50.
  7. UNESCO. CARIBBEAN - St Kitts and Nevis - Media Survey (19.01.02)
  8. Talking with whom?. Caribbean Institute of Mass Communication, University of the West Indies. 1987. p. 154. ISBN 978-976-41-0074-4.
  9. Nexus Strategic Partnerships (January 2007). Commonwealth Education Partnerships, 2007. Nexus Strategic Partnerships Ltd. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-9549629-1-3.
  10. SKNVibes.com Arson suspected in Masses House fire
  11. V. S. Naipaul (22 March 2012). The Writer and the World: Essays. Pan Macmillan. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-330-52936-5.


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