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Memo: Postmedia exec calls for big projects, affirms commitment to great journalism

Hello everyone. Two weeks ago, shortly after the difficult announcement that 90 of our valuable colleagues were leaving our newsrooms, I challenged our editors to help deliver the message that ambitious…
12 buy-outs confirmed at the Ottawa Citizen

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Twelve people have taken buy-outs at the Ottawa Citizen, a Postmedia spokesperson confirmed. Georgia Sourtzis, a communications manager at Postmedia, said she cannot name who in the…
Blame Canadian media woes on owners, managers, regulators—not the “failed business model”

By Christopher Johnson Want to own Canada’s largest newspaper chain? Maybe you can. If over 5,000 former and current Postmedia journalists each invested $7,750, they could own the company’s market capitalization of…
Postmedia’s promises prove practically worthless

By Marc Edge And so the Great Canadian Newspaper Roll-up has begun. This was predictable once the Competition Bureau rubber-stamped Postmedia Network’s $316-million takeover of Sun Media last year. As a result,…
Memo: A Message from Paul Godfrey – Getting the Facts Straight

. Beginning on the front page of Saturday’s Toronto Star and taking up nearly the entire front page of the business section was a vicious attack on our company. This is just…
Saying good-bye to the Guelph Mercury

Former staffer Stephanie MacLellan recalls her time at a paper that fostered young talent.
Postmedia’s Godfrey on cuts, compensation and cufflinks

Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey sat down with The Canadian Press for an extensive interview. Here are five things he had to say on cuts, compensation and cufflinks.
While newspapers are on the decline, journalism doesn’t have to be

We need to find new ways to support media outlets that don’t depend on advertising revenue.
A timeline of bad news at Postmedia

The last few years have not been easy ones for Canada’s cross-country media chain. J-Source looks back on the events that have shaped the shrinking of Postmedia.
CAJ highlights the stories laid-off Postmedia journalists told

90 people are without jobs as a result of Jan. 19’s newsroom mergers and cuts.

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