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12 @12 Storify with Dave Boyle

Why should people trust media co-operatives, and why should people care about co-operative businesses during the UN 2012 International Year of Co-operatives?

Find out, with the first ever 12 @12 interview.

12 @ 12

'12 @12' is a brand new way of doing things from the @CooperativesUK Twitter account. 12 questions. 12 minutes. 140 characters. 

 

 

 

Good News: A co-operative solution to the media crisis

Dave Boyle argues that the crisis in the media is a moment of opportunity to bring co-operative structures and business models to the sector.

UN Year of Co-operatives 2012 - press, media kit

The United Nations has declared that 2012 is the International Year of Co-operatives. ‘Co-operatives Build A Better World’ and during 2012, the 1.4 million co-operative enterprises across the world will be showing exactly how the co-operative model has a global impact on a local scale, are owned by their members, share their profits, give people an equal say and operate in all areas of the economy.
 
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2012, week 1: co-operation in the news

So, we're in the first week of the International Year of Co-operatives, a truly unique year for all who care about  businesses that build a better world.

Coordinating Committee for Media Reform (CCMR)

Co-operatives UK is engaging with the Coordinating Committee for Media Reform (CCMR) to investigate the options for co-operatives within the media sector.

 

Creative Co-operatives factsheets

To complement our guide to starting a co-operative in the creative industries, we've produced a series of at-a-glance factsheets covering various aspects of setting up.

Creative, media and communications

Creative Co-operatives is for anyone working in the creative industries who is interested in collaborating and co operating with other people.

Co-operative media to strengthen democracy

“Can media be co-operative?” This is the question a group of journalists and experts from different fields –like economy and law– attempted to answer this weekend (21 May) in an event organised by Goldsmith College, the National Union of Journalists and Co-operatives UK. And their answer has been a firm: “Yes, they can”.

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