• The BBC's announcement that they would be expanding in Canada. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Coming to a Canada near you: BBC, NYTimes & more…

    By Phillip Smith It’s a question that many people working in Canada’s media ecosystem must be asking this month: Are foreign publishers simply naive? How can they see an opportunity in a country where the entire news sector appears to be downsizing rapidly? Or is the very opportunity they see to step in just as the existing institutions collapse — potentially…

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    The BBC is expanding in Canada

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The BBC’s presence in Canada is about to get bigger. On June 30, the British broadcaster and online media outlet announced plans to launch a Canadian edition of BBC.com and open a three-person bureau in Toronto. Jim Egan, CEO of BBC Global News, said in a statement that the BBC…