Why Ian Gill thinks No News is Bad News
Author of new book explores challenges faced by Canadian media industry.
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The Globe and Mail offers voluntary buyouts in effort to ‘right size’ business
Publisher and chief executive Philip Crawley said the newspaper expects to know how many volunteers will take the severance packages by early October.
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Peter Mansbridge leaving The National next year
The longtime CBC anchor has announced plans to leave the desk after Canada Day.
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Secrets of a successful newsletter
David Topping, digital strategy and product manager for Toronto Life, 12:36, and Torontoist, explains St. Joseph Communications’ newsletter strategy.
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52 staff laid off at Torstar
Those laid off include ten reporters, five editors and 26 temporary staffers, mostly from Star Touch.
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Why Postmedia is opening a digital development lab in Kitchener-Waterloo
New digital development lab will focus on business-to-business products.
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Torstar’s Q2 loss rises to $23.9 million
By The Canadian Press Torstar Corp. said Wednesday it saw its second-quarter loss swell as it incurred expenses related to its acquisition of VerticalScope last year and the closure of its printing plant in Vaughan, Ont., this month. The parent company of newspapers including the Toronto Star reported a net loss of $23.9 million, which…
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Inside Arc Publishing, the Globe and Mail’s new publishing system
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The Globe and Mail’s digital presence is getting an overhaul, courtesy of the Washington Post. On June 1, Phillip Crawley, publisher of the Globe and Mail, announced a partnership with the Post to implement the Post’s Arc Publishing system. Built with newspaper publishers in mind, Arc will be fully implemented…
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Meet the Prairies’ newest newspaper magnate
By Jim Cunningham Roger Holmes is busy man these days. The personable 65-year-old publisher of the weekly Star Edge in Wainwright, Alta and owner of Star News Publishing spent the first week of July in Moose Jaw, Sask., overseeing the re-launch of his newly acquired newspaper properties in that province, including the Moose Jaw Times-Herald,…
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Postmedia announces plan to reduce $648 million debt
On July 7, the media company released its 2016 third quarter results and details of a proposed recapitalization transaction.