David Walmsley will leave his post as managing editor of The Globe and Mail to become CBC’s director of news content, setting off a number of changes in The Globe's senior management.
Belinda Alzner reports that Postmedia has gone live with paywalls on four of its newspapers’ websites, making users to pay for content they read online when they exceed the number of free articles allotted per month. Here is what it means for readers.
The country’s only organization of journalists has virtually shut down its Montreal chapter.
Postmedia announced today that it has selected a new head office in downtown Toronto.
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: CRTC approves the $1.3 billion sale of MLSE’s TV channels to Bell and Rogers, London Community News reporter wins international print prize, RCMP officer writes approval letter to CRTC of Bell’s Astral takeover and student journalists in Georgia walk out from their paper. And today’s read: One of the members…
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Bell’s $80 million response to Quebecor’s stance against Astral takeover, CRTC favours CBC Music in a challenge against the broadcaster, what CBC can learn from London 2012 and the struggling side of Reuters. And today’s read: after interviewing some of Marineland’s previous employees, the Toronto Star has learned that animals…
Last month's Danzig Street shooting in Scarborough, Ont. left two dead, 23 wounded and the media in a frenzy. Reporters flooded the neighbourhood, used social media to track down sources and wrote endlessly about the event. Priya Ramanujam, a journalist and resident of Scarborough, finds some media coverage lacked an understanding of the neighbourhood and its residents. …
Local television news shows may be hit hard as funding from the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) disappears over the next two years. Angelina Irinici reports why the CRTC feels the fund has served its purpose and what broadcasters think of its elimination.
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Postmedia cuts shift decisions to Hamilton, report says Canada has high concentration of media ownership in TV industry, are journos who’ve been caught plagiarizing being stretched too thing?, and former BBC head, Mark Thompson, named new CEO of New York Times Company. And today’s read: Three Canadian cities…
In the wake of Postmedia cuts, the Montreal Gazette is changing its newspaper into more of a newsmagazine, focusing on more analysis rather than breaking news.