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3 Sep

Transcontinental shuts down 20 weeklies, lays off 80 employees

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor </strong></p><p>Transcontinental is <a href="http://tctranscontinental.com/en/-/transcontinental-inc-announces-the-results-of-the-sale-process-of-the-weekly-newspapers-in-quebec-designated-by-the-competition-bureau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shutting down</a> 20 weekly newspapers in Quebec and laying off 80 employees.</p>

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25 Aug

Vancouver Observer growing with National Observer

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/National Observer_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo of the soon-to-be-launched National Observer website courtesy of Vancouver Observer</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Vancouver Observer publisher Linda Solomon plans to expand her online news platform nationally.</p>

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15 Aug

Updated: CTV cuts W5 episodes and staff

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Bell Media building 1_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Matt Meuse</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>CTV’s flagship newsmagazine show <em>W5</em> is the latest to face cuts after a sharp decline in advertising.</p><p>CTV has cut seven contract positions at the show and will slash production of its upcoming season by up to 40 per cent.</p>

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13 Aug

CBC lays off veteran sportscasters Steve Armitage and Mark Lee

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Steve Armitage.JPG" title="" /><img align="right" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Mark Lee_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Laura Kane, for The Canadian Press</strong></p><p>Veteran sportscasters Steve Armitage and Mark Lee are the latest high-profile casualties of budget cuts at the CBC.</p>

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7 Aug

Canadian magazine sales down 4.8% in first half of 2014

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Magazine_11.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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31 Jul

Quebecor creates new Media Group

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Sun Media newspapers_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Quebecor is creating a new Media Group, consolidating its entertainment and news group, that will be headed by Julie Tremblay.</p>

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29 Jul

TheScore lays off six features staff

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/TheScore app.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Screen grab of TheScore's app</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>TheScore has laid off six staff members.</p><p>The Toronto-based company, which offers a Facebook-style feed of sports news and game data in its mobile app, said these changes are the result of a strategic change rather than financial hardship.</p>

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18 Jul

In case you missed it…

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Tablet news.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Michelle-Andrea Girouard</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>From cuts at the CBC to an averted strike at <em>The Globe and Mail</em> and a Canadian journalist imprisoned in Egypt for seven years, a lot happened while J-Source was on summer hiatus. Here’s a recap of all the major news you might have missed.</p>

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19 Jun

Q&A with Tim Bousquet on the launch of Halifax Examiner

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Halifax Examiner_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>When Tim Bousquet announced he was leaving Halifax weekly <em>The Coast</em> to launch a new venture, there was a lot of buzz. Bousquet made his mark with groundbreaking investigations, such as his reporting on then-mayor Peter Kelly’s impropriety in handling the estate of a family friend, and won several awards.</p>

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18 Jun

Will Haligonians open their wallets for Tim Bousquet’s paywalled news site?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Halifax Examiner_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Geoff Davies</strong></p><p>Tim Bousquet took a bold leap a few months back—quitting one of Halifax’s most prominent media gigs to launch a new venture, and the industry started buzzing.</p>

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