COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada: Postmedia
In an April 28 memo to staff, Postmedia CEO Andrew MacLeod announced a series of cuts, including 50 temporary layoffs in sales and sales operations. There will be 30 permanent layoffs as a result of the closure of 15 community newspapers in Manitoba and Ontario.
MacLeod also said that all staff “with salaries at or over $60,000” will see pay cuts. The union says that is incorrect, as members will not be affected unless the union agrees to the reduction.
The Manitoba papers closing permanently are: The Altona Red River Valley Echo, Carman Valley Leader, Interlake Spectator (Gimli), Morden Times, Selkirk Journal, Stonewall Argus & Teulon Times, Winkler Times and The Prairie Farmer.
The Ontario papers closing permanently are: Kingsville Reporter, Lakeshore News (Windsor-Essex), LaSalle Post, Napanee Guide, Paris Star, Tecumseh Shoreline Week and Tilbury Times.
The Napanee Guide and Paris Star websites will remain, says Postmedia.
This post is part of the COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada, a joint initiative of J-Source, the Local News Research Project at Ryerson University and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The map will be regularly updated. If you have any additional information about known changes or have knowledge of a new impact, please contact us at info@j-source.ca or fill in details using the form COVID-19: Impacts on media in Canada.
