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2 May

tonight signs TTC distribution deal

<p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p><em>tonight</em> newspaper has scored big with a distribution deal that allows the free biweekly paper inside the TTC subway stations as of this week.</p><p>Publisher and co-founder John Cameron said <em>tonight</em> had been chasing after this deal since its inception four years ago. Although the newspaper is handed out by newsies outside the stations, Cameron says actually having the newspaper on Gateway Newstands inside the stations will boost readership.</p>

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24 Apr

UPDATED: Layoffs coming at Vancouver Sun and The Province

<p>Staff at <em>The Province</em> and the <em>Vancouver Sun</em> are bracing themselves for impending layoffs to achieve “dramatic staff reductions.”</p><p>In a bluntly-worded four-page <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/137810233/Vancouver-memo">memo</a> sent to all employees on Wednesday, Pacific Newspaper Group president and publisher Gordon Fisher said the two competing newspapers have seen an “alarming and unprecedented revenue declines,” and layoffs will likely follow a voluntary buyout program that will be launched soon. </p>

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23 Apr

Postmedia employees spent $100,000 on U.S. and international roaming charges since September

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>If you’re going to travel with the company phone on a personal trip, turn off the data, Postmedia told its employees in a stern <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1ZwuxleNZUp-QRZo2ahsfBMuA0sd2UBDu93gWH7Nl0/edit">memo</a>.</p><p>Even as Postmedia engages in cost cutting measures to make up for advertising revenue shortfall, its employees incurred U.S. and international roaming charges in excess of $100,000, with some individual users racking up bills of $10,000.</p>

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22 Apr

Globe and Mail offers staff voluntary buyouts

<p>The <em>Globe and Mail</em> is offering employees a voluntary separation package to help reduce its annual expenses.</p><p>In a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OGvxWkxYcpQGSYigMJk61ovH-vo5xD-M-15nctcPNyg/edit?usp=sharing">memo </a>delivered to staff, the <em>Globe</em>’s publisher Phillip Crawley said “While our weekly online readership is up 16 per cent, print is declining, with the last three months being particularly disappointing.”</p>

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22 Apr

10 things revealed in the Toronto Life profile of Toronto Star editor-in-chief Michael Cooke

<p><br /><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/PaperWarrior.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>If you haven’t yet picked up <a href="http://www.torontolife.com/magazine/2013/5/">May issue</a> of the <em>Toronto Life</em>, you’ll want to: Front cover: a sweaty Rob Ford; Inside profile: T<em>oronto Star</em> editor-in-chief Michael Cooke, definitely not sweaty. It’s definitely a juicy issue for journalists.</p>

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19 Apr

7 interesting facts from the Newspaper Canada 2012 Circulation Data Report

<p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Newspapers Canada released its <a href="http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/news/research/newspapers-canada-releases-2012-circulation-data-report-daily-newspapers">2012 circulation data</a> report Thursday with statistics on French and English dailies. Here are 7 interesting facts from the report:</p><p><strong>How many daily newspapers are there in Canada?</strong></p><p>There are 95 English and French paid dailies in Canada and 29 free dailies. That’s a grand total of 124 daily newspapers.</p>

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18 Apr

La Presse takes big gamble with launch of free tablet edition

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/ACT-UNE2.png" title="" /></p><p>Montreal-based <em>La Presse</em> has launched tablet edition of the French daily today for free, after investing $40 million. </p>

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3 Apr

8 in 10 Canadians read newspapers weekly: NADbank report

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/A1_0.PNG" title="" /></p><p>*<em>All screenshots fromNADbank website</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Canadians still prefer the printed version of newspapers, but more of them are increasingly turning towards online to get their news fix.</p>

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13 Mar

Toronto Star experiments with ebook subscription model

<p><em>This is part one of a two-part feature on ebooks in the newspaper industry. Read <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/newspapers-experimenting-ebook-content-subscription-models" target="_blank" rel="noopener">part two</a> for a look at the type of content that is being produced, and what the future holds for ebooks. </em></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p><p><em>The Toronto Star </em>is testing the ebook market with a dedicated subscription model — something no other newspaper in Canada has tried yet.</p>

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13 Mar

Globe and Mail asks staff to take summer furlough again

<p> </p><p><em>The</em> <em>Globe and Mail</em> is asking its employees to take unpaid time off again this summer, over and above the annual allotment, in an effort to “balance the company’s season revenue/cost.”          </p>

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