Memo: Calgary alt-weekly FFWD to cease print production on March 5
“After 19 years, Fast Forward Weekly as you know it, and as we love it, is shutting down.”
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Yahoo lays off editorial staff in Toronto, Montreal
Cuts follow a round of layoffs in other global offices.
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Memo: CBC will no longer approve paid appearances by on-air journalists
On-air journalists must ensure outside activities do “not represent any real or perceived conflict of interest.”
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Canadian media on the move: Fall 2014
A year-end round-up of appointments you might have missed.
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Memo: Executive editor Jill Borra leaves Globe and Mail
After more than a decade, Borra to leave on Dec. 19
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Memo: Jennifer McGuire on changes to CBC newscasts
CBC will reduce some supper-hour newscasts but increase its presence in Fort McMurray and Quebec’s Eastern Townships.
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Memo: Rob McLaughlin named Postmedia VP Editorial for Western Canada
McLaughlin will be responsible for the overall newsroom operations of The Vancouver Sun, The Province, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Leader-Post and The StarPhoenix.
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Memos: Postmedia strikes $316M deal to buy Sun Media English papers
CEO Paul Godfrey notes that Postmedia Network has agreed to buy 175 English language publications from Sun Media.
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Memo: Staffing changes at National Post
This memo from National Post editor Anne Marie Owens was obtained by J-Source.
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Memo: Update on APS Collective Agreement
CBC/Radio-Canada and the Association of Professionals and Supervisors (APS) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement, tentatively agreeing to a new Collective Agreement.