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The reality sank in for Brandi Schier, owner, publisher and managing editor of Sun Peaks Independent News, on March 16. Sun Peaks Resort, the pillar of the town’s local economy, announced it would close for the season 48 hours later. Sun Peaks is a small but fast-growing mountain town […]
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Cornwall’s Standard-Freeholder archives exist largely on microfilm. (Courtesy of the Cornwall Community Museum) In the spring of 2017, Allan J. MacDonald set out to preserve fragile copies of Glengarry County’s newspapers in a more permanent location: the internet. With 25 years of experience at the Archives of Ontario behind […]
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Press Forward unites independent journalism organizations to transform the media landscape through innovation, advocacy and inclusivity. TORONTO, Dec. 9, 2020 /CNW/ – Today marks the official launch of Press Forward, a new national association that aims to unify, elevate and advocate for independent journalism organizations in Canada. Press Forward […]
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After nearly four years swimming through a tangled morass of chaos, misinformation, and an executive power hostile to its purpose, the US media is coming up for air. The world beyond a Trump presidency promises the luxury of spare time and attention. That’s good news. But the Trump administration […]
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With American technology companies Facebook and Google collecting around 80 per cent of digital advertising revenue in Canada, some media companies are pushing against their “monopolistic” practices for a fairer playing field. – Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star At least 250 Canadian newspapers have shut down since 2013. […]
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With American technology companies Facebook and Google collecting around 80 per cent of digital advertising revenue in Canada, some media companies are pushing against their “monopolistic” practices for a fairer playing field. – Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star At least 250 Canadian newspapers have shut down since 2013. […]
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Though a deepening economic crisis continues to plague the local news landscape in the United States, the NewStart initiative has set out to ensure that one aspect is not overlooked: there are some profitable newspapers in the country whose owners are looking to sell. The NewStart local news ownership […]
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An employee stacks newspapers at the Toronto Star printing plant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, July 6, 2011. The phone call came in from an elderly man on the other side of town. He was concerned about a black flag flying on a houseboat near his home. It […]
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Facebook and Google icons AFP via Getty Images / Toronto Sun Just when Canadians need strong news outlets to guide them through the pandemic’s second wave, those same outlets are facing extinction. The sharp revenue drop resulting from COVID-19 comes after years of Google and Facebook, cornering the market […]
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Even as we see growth in newspaper subscribers, there’s a perception that it is mainly national titles that have benefited. This is true in the case of the US, where The New York Times and The Washington Post account for more than half of all online news subscriptions. Some […]
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