Tag / Postmedia
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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 $41 million on the Toronto Stock Exchange. That’s… -
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, Postmedia now publishes 37.4 per cent of Canadian… -
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 the latest of many attacks from The Toronto… -
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.… -
Memo: Paul Godfrey on Postmedia cuts
Paul Godfrey outlines the cuts and changes at Postmedia.… -
Postmedia cuts 90 jobs and merges newsrooms in Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver
Edmonton Journal’s editor-in-chief Margo Goodhand and managing editor Stephanie Coombs among cuts.…
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