What the failure of Star Touch teaches us about a media bailout
Star Touch is exactly why the feds need to leave the news business to its death throes. Continue Reading What the failure of Star Touch teaches us about a media bailout
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The Toronto Star is closing the Star Touch tablet app
By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor The bell has tolled for the Toronto Star’s tablet app. On June 26, 2017, John Boynton, president and CEO of Torstar and publisher of the Toronto Star, announced in a newsroom memo that Star Touch will be replaced by a universal smartphone and tablet app as of Aug. 1, 2017.… -
Memo: Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke on Star Touch closure
The following memo was sent to Toronto Star staff on June 26, 2017 from Michael Cooke, editor. By now you will have read CEO+Publisher John Boynton’s email. The news that our tablet product will cease operation in a few weeks is terrible. There’s no way to spoon honey on to that. We tried something big…