What we learned from the latest media concentration report
Canadians are reading news from diverse sources, but newspaper concentration is up.
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Postmedia issues layoff notices
Union says nine layoff notices issued at Montreal Gazette; six at Ottawa Citizen.
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The business of collaboration
Discourse Media sets precedent for a new kind of emerging media organization.
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From print to paywall
The success and struggles of subscription-based online journalism.
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Postmedia posts Q1 profit on debt deal
Postmedia Networks Corp. reported a profit in its latest quarter, boosted by a debt restructuring negotiated by the struggling media company and its major creditors.
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TVO receives $2 million donation to fund journalism hubs throughout Ontario
First hub will open in Thunder Bay later this year, with three more to follow.
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Rogers Media lays off 87 employees over 2 days
Rogers Media has laid off 27 full-time employees in its English-language digital content and publishing division.
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A unique sports event series is bringing journalists and audiences together
By Adriel Smiley The doors of the Drake Underground open at almost a quarter past 7 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2016 for Hoop Talks, a live speaker series about basketball produced by Homestand Sports. The venue fills up quickly with about 60 people who paid $20 for a ticket. The music of Schoolboy Q fills…
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Here are the confirmed Globe and Mail staff who took buyouts
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor On Nov. 18, a select number of Globe and Mail staff members packed up their belongings and left the newspaper’s offices at 444 Front St. in Toronto for the last time as staff members. Voluntary severance packages were offered to all Globe and Mail staff on Sept. 8, according to…
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National Post memo details departures from newsroom, newsroom reorganization
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor A memo sent to National Post staff on Nov. 18 by editor-in-chief Anne Marie Owens details 20 newsroom departures, most the result of a round of buyouts aimed at reducing salary costs at Postmedia by 20 per cent. In the memo obtained by J-Source, Owens writes, “We are losing a…