COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada: Canada Wide Media
Canada Wide Media laid off 30 per cent of its staff, including 11 temporary layoffs beginning on April 1. Four employees worked for Vancouver Magazine and Western Living. There was at least one permanent layoff. Temporarily laid off staff returned to work on May 1. All staff are taking pay cuts and working reduced hours. Canada Wide Media owns nine brands.
This post is part of the COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada, a joint initiative of J-Source, the Local News Research Project at Ryerson University and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The map will be regularly updated. If you have any additional information about known changes or have knowledge of a new impact, please contact us at info@j-source.ca or fill in details using the form COVID-19: Impacts on media in Canada.
