“We have to find new and creative ways to not replace a client’s Google and Facebook spend but find our own portion of it.” Continue Reading Village Media, relying on local advertisers, seems to have found a scalable (and profitable) local news model
The Toronto Star’s and Globe and Mail’s projects are quite different in who they are targeting and how they are being executed. Continue Reading A tale of two Trust Projects
Torstar and Postmedia announced a deal to swap 41 total newspapers today. Continue Reading Here are some of the 290 staff laid off today by Torstar and Postmedia
290 employees will lose jobs because of the closure of newspapers announced today by Torstar and Postmedia. Continue Reading Torstar and Postmedia swapped 41 newspapers and are closing most of them
Gord Downie told stories about Canadian lives in a near-journalistic way. Continue Reading What Canadian journalists can learn from the life and career of Gord Downie
If people are concerned about the state of free speech on Canadian campuses, then they should be concerned about this. Continue Reading Dear McGill student union: Campus free speech includes campus press
At issue for the Corus workers is wage fairness and equity. Continue Reading CMG alleges Corus stripping benefits from newly unionized broadcast technicians
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism. Continue Reading Media on the Move: November 22
A technical post-mort from Mount Royal University’s Journalism Program. Continue Reading How to teach students to cover elections in real time
Canadian tax policy reform raises concerns among small publishers Continue Reading Tax changes could take a bite out of local news