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21 Jan

Global Toronto cancels noon newcasts

Global Toronto is cutting its noon television newscasts, parent company CanWest Global Communications Corp. has announced. Canwest spokesperson John Douglas would not confirm the number of layoffs, but did say […]

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20 Jan

Canadian Online Publishing Awards to be launched in ’09

MastheadOnline is set to launch the first Canadian Online Publishing Awards this year. The event, to be held in Toronto this fall, is being organized and hosted by MastheadOnline and […]

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20 Jan

Rogers asks publishing staff to cut to 4-day work week

Amid a slew of layoffs and cutbacks in the North American media industry, Rogers Publishing has chosen a different type of cost-saving regime. All full-time staff of the media giant’s […]

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16 Jan

Final issue of Masthead screams “Long live magazines”

The final print issue of Masthead magazine, which is shutting down publication of the magazine but will remain online, has a striking coverline: “LONG LIVE MAGAZINES.“ The mag’s publisher, North […]

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15 Jan

Toronto’s Eye Weekly gets a makeover

The latest issue of the Torstar-owned free Toronto paper Eye Weekly shows off a redesigned look and added features. The changes include different fonts, column widths and other new design […]

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15 Jan

Buyouts and layoffs coming at Chronicle-Herald

The Halifax Chronicle-Herald is looking to cut $1.5 million dollars from its budget and staff are bracing for layoffs, CBC News reports. According to CBC, staff in the paper’s news […]

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12 Jan

Changes at T.O. Star

The Toronto Star has shuffled a few positions recently, as former Washington bureau chief Tim Harper moves back to Toronto to become national editor. Mitch Potter, former Middle East bureau […]

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12 Jan

Annual FOI audit released

The Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) has released released its fourth annual audit on Freedom of Information compliance and the results are rather grim. Fred Vallance-Jones, the University of King’s College […]

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12 Jan

Globe to cut 80-90 jobs

The Globe and Mail is planning to cut its staff by about ten per cent, which amounts to approximately 80 or 90 jobs. Globe publisher Phillip Crawley sent an email […]

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9 Jan

Globe and Mail offering severance packages, layoffs likely

As print advertising revenues continue to tumble, Globe and Mail publisher Phillip Crawley announced to employees on Friday that the company is asking all staff to consider voluntary severance packages. […]

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