OTTAWA – Following reports that China may have attempted to interfere in a recent federal election, Canadians of all political stripes are up in arms at the idea that foreign powers would t…
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Woman’s Postmedia boycott fails when she discovers she’s a subsidiary of Postmedia
VANCOUVER – Gretchen Jones knew boycotting Canada’s largest newspaper company wouldn’t be easy given its monopolistic hold on Canada’s print media, but she didn’t realize how difficult it w…
Journalists running dangerously low on disaster metaphors to describe SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA – A drought of new disaster metaphors have struck Canada’s journalists and columnists covering the high profile SNC-Lavalin affair. Dozens of reporters from The Globe and Mail, CBC, …
Rebranded Globe and Mail focuses on core audience: old people who died before cancelling their subscription
TORONTO – The Globe and Mail is making a number of editorial and design changes to better focus on their most loyal demographic, people who have passed away whose families have not remember…
Postmedia scales back to single coffee machine in Kitchener
KITCHENER – In the latest in a series of heavy cutbacks, Postmedia Network has announced they will be scaling back the company to a single coffee machine in Kitchener. “We at Postmedia beli…
Last Canadian journalist replaced with Advertorial Bot 5000 (Brought to You by Automaton Communication Technologies)
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Postmedia re-hires laid-off journalists to cater office Christmas party
TORONTO – On the heels of handing out more than $2.3 million in retention bonuses to its five top executives, Postmedia, Canada’s largest, least solvent newspaper chain, has announced that …
Toronto Sun owner Postmedia purchases the Beaverton
TORONTO – Postmedia Network Inc. (“Postmedia”) today announced the acquisition of the Beaverton website and all related print and television properties. The Beaverton, widely regarded as the prem…
Postmedia journalist reporting on newspaper lay-offs fired
TORONTO — Postmedia announced today it would be laying off several employees, including the reporter they assigned to cover the layoffs. Wesley Brais, who was known for such headlines as “S…