Media Industry

• Ontario to boost advertising dollars to news publishers

  Ontario plans to help the province's beleaguered news industry with a change in advertising rules.

  Canada

  Jul 3, 2024
  
• Postmedia-Nordstar merger ends as groups could not come to agreement

  The two companies announced in late June that they were in talks to merge in a deal that would have seen Postmedia and Metroland Media Group combine forces.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2023
  
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• Movies are scoring higher and higher on Rotten Tomatoes — but why?

  Critic scores on Rotten Tomatoes have been trending upward over the past decade. Commentators see shifts in the media industry and changes to the site's critic pool as the cause.

  Entertainment

  Jun 16, 2021
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• A world without news: Papers publish blank front pages to highlight industry struggles

  “Imagine if the news wasn’t there when we needed it,” read the message on the blank front pages. “If nothing is done, the journalism industry will disappear.”

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2021
• Transcontinental cuts 15 jobs as ripple effects of Star Metro closures hit Atlantic Canada media

  The changes will force at least two papers in Halifax to find a new place to print.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2019
• Journalism ain’t easy, but the good days make the bad ones worth it

  There are a lot of crappy parts to being a journalist, Matt Gurney says. But every now and then, along comes a moment that's 'enough to make all crap worth it.'

  Commentary

  May 3, 2018
• Vice Media to cut ten jobs in Canada as part of global layoffs

  Millenial-focused media and news brand Vice is cutting its staff in Canada, laying off ten employees less than three years after striking an ambitious, $100 million partnership with Rogers Communications.

  Jul 21, 2017
• Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun workers vote in favour of strike mandate

  In January, six employees at the Citizen and Sun were laid off after Postmedia failed to reach a company-wide 20 per cent salary cost reduction target through voluntary buyouts.

  Canada

  Jun 7, 2017
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• More than 50 Postmedia employees handed layoff notices at Vancouver Sun and Province

  Vancouver's media industry is undergoing some major changes with 54 employees being handed their layoff notices at the Vancouver Sun and Province on Friday.

  Mar 24, 2017
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• $400M in taxes needed to help fund Canadian journalism: Report

  A major new report is calling for dramatic changes to help shore up Canada's news industry as it faces a massive decline in revenues and a growing "fake news" problem.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2017