Category / Business
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![The Lang Tanning Building in Kitchener, Ontario, where Postmedia’s new digital development lab will be housed. Image courtesy lumei/CC NoDerivs 2.0 Generic.]()
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…
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![Arc Publishing, the new publishing system designed by engineers at the Washington Post, is being rolled out globally.]()
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…
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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…
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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.
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Torstar CEO David Holland to retire after 30 years with company
By The Canadian Press The roles of president and CEO of Torstar Corp. and publisher of the Toronto Star will be amalgamated into one position, the company said Wednesday as it announced…
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![A sign for The Moose Jaw Times Herald in Saskatchewan. It is among the 13 papers being sold to Star News Publishing by Transcontinental. Photo courtesy Joseph Novak/CC 2.0 Generic.]()
Transcontinental sells 13 Saskatchewan newspapers and announces layoffs
Star News Publishing triples in size with purchase of 13 newspapers from Transcontinental.
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Vice Canada not impacted by U.S., U.K layoffs
15 layoffs reported at Vice’s U.S. office as company restructures.
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New Calgary media outlet hopes for a jumpstart with Kickstarter
The founder of The Calgarian wants to raise $12,000 by Jun. 5 to start reporting by September.
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Torstar loss soars to $53.5 million as revenue falls, expenses rise
Torstar recorded extra expenses related to its transition towards more digital media and revenue fell at its traditional newspaper businesses.
