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23 Oct

Masthead magazine to close

The November/December 2008 issue of Masthead magazine will be the last, as the publisher has announced that both magazine and online editions are shutting down. North Island president Alexander Donald […]

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11 Sep

FP mag “revived”

Financial Post Business magazine has been renamed and revamped. The first issue of the newly rebranded Financial Post Magazine was distributed through the National Post newspaper on Sept. 9. The […]

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13 Aug

Magazine sales tumble

The Audit Bureau of Circulations put out its statistics on English- and French-language magazines sold on Canadian newsstands this week. Of the 62 mags audited almost 44% of the total saw […]

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29 Jul

Canadian H&H names new editor

Suzanne Dimma has been appointed as editor of Canadian House & Home magazine, according to a story on Masthead Online. Dimma is currently home design director for St. Joseph Media […]

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3 Jul

UPDATE: Blogs shut down at Toronto Life

Toronto Life magazine has pulled the plug on at least three of its blogs in the last week. On June 30, a Torontoist blog post, “Toronto Life doesn’t care about […]

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23 May

Was editor’s letter too friendly towards advertiser?

An interesting thread on MastheadOnline’s bulletin board questions whether a warm and fuzzy letter about Chatelaine from Marketing‘s editor/publisher presents a conflict of interests. The letter was enclosed with a free […]

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31 Mar

Redefining the newsweekly

Since Kenneth Whyte took over Maclean’s in 2005, not only has the magazine become more edgy, potent and arresting; some say its standards of journalistic professionalism have slipped. Mairin Prentiss at King’s […]

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25 Mar

Internship advice for aspiring magaziners

Masthead Online, a publication that serves the Canadian magazine industry, provides a guide to how to break into the magazine business via internship. What they are, how they work, what to […]

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18 Feb

What men want

The life and death of Toro magazine (2003-2007) prompts the question, “Can a men’s magazine survive in Canada?” RRJ.ca’s Miranda Voth explores the options, from advertorials to online-only models.

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