From Toronto Sun Family blog:Layoffs over at 333 King today. 3 advertising coordinators, and I’m sure there will be more to come before the big move to the National Post building.PS. The new NP “building” isn’t really so much a building as a tent…
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Ezra Levant, The Alberta NDP, And Journosplaining
I guess I should say something about this. Alberta’s NDP government decided they weren’t willing to put up with any more disruptions out of kooks from The Rebel (the online HQ of Ezra Levant’s personal death cult), and kicked them out of one of t…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Problem With Hosting Trolls
As you can see, The Sun chain of newspapers (now part of Post Media) have decided to kill off the comments section to most of their stories. But all is not lost! …we will continue to post our stories, columns and editorials on social media, including Twitter and Facebook, and
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From The Toronto Sun Family blog: If you want to glimpse the future, consider LaPresse, which will no longer be publishing weekdays. One paper a week on Saturdays – otherwise, it’s all on their tablet app.Expect similar things in PM along with the merging of various products. Several sections of
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sackings At The Sun today
Or Postmedia, or whatever it is. Details here.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Jonathon Kay On The Death Of Sun News
It’s the most brilliant thing he’s ever written, because he links back to me, which gives the piece credibility.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: DIe Media Die: Sun News Network is DEAD DEAD DEAD
YES!!! YES!!!! YES!!! BOOOYAH!!!!!! BOOYAH!!!!!! BOOYAH!!!!! YES YES YES YES!!!!!!! BOOYAHBOOYAH BOOYAH!!!!!! WHOSE YOUR DADDY?? WHOSE YOUR DADDY? IZE YOUR DADDY AND IM GONNA SPANKY SPANKY SPANKY YOUR “@CBCAlerts: @CBCNews has learned that Sun TV will be shutting down tomorrow.” #cdnmedia #journalism—
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Die Media Die! February 13th Is Last Day For Sun News Network?
A sad, sad scene. Kory is home sulking. Ezra is out on the sidewalk hawking pencils to pay-off his latest defamation suit. When they lower the shutters its gonna resemble the “lights out” sale at Target. You wanna lap-top? Hang out around back at 25 Ontario Street and some guy
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: What Post Media Bought, When They Bought Sun Media
Part of any sale or purchase it that of good will. They buy the title with the assumption that they are buying, in this case a newspaper (s) that are beloved by their customers. We all know that as stated earlier, “when they see the circulation, they’ll throw up” I
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Canoe.ca All In French?
It is (though you can ask for a translation)! It defaults to “http://fr.canoe.ca/”;” http://eng.canoe.ca/” dead ends. Has Quebecor abandoned English Canada after the sale of thei5r English properties?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sun News Network In Final Death Throes
Huffpo Canada has some information about the big sale that I haven’t heard elsewhere. In particular, what happens to the Sun News Network, which was not part of the deal. The news network will be able to keep its name under a licensing agreement with Postmedia, which is buying 175
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RT @RobertFife: Brian Mulroney called Liberals to say Sun Media will apologize tomorrow for offensive rant by @ezralevant vs @JustinTrudeau— National Newswatch (@natnewswatch) September 28, 2014 If you’re thinking WTF Brian Mulroney? New Chair of Quebecor “@chevymo: Brian Mulroney? Why him? @cfhorgan @RobertFife @ezralevant @JustinTrudeau“— Robert Fife (@RobertFife) September 28,
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Die Media Die: New Round Of Layoffs At Sun Media?
,,,at the Ottawa Sun, in specific: It pretty much leaves the cleaning staff to run the place, perhaps a precursor to selling or shutting down. Pretty soon there won’t be anything left for Justin to boycott.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Die Media Die: Quebecor Ready To Dump T.O. Sun
…and other Sun Media media products:“To be honest, if somebody was to call me [with an offer], I would certainly listen,” he said. “We understand that it is a declining business.” And an interesting comment from T.O. Sun Family: Who in their right mind would buy one of these papers?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: It’s Sad To Be A Part Of The Sad Sad Dying Media In The Hot Hazy Days Of Summer
…having to hack out words when you’d rather be boozing it up pool-side, being forced into sad sad stunts like this, or being forced to respond to them like they’re at the same level as the discovery that Canada is secrectly parachuting troops into Namibia, all the time sweating it
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Die Media Die: National Post On Its New Summer Print Schedule
National Post is on its summer print schedule. No more Monday papers until after Labour Day.— Steve Faguy (@fagstein) July 6, 2014 I haven’t seen the official NP statement announcing their summer schedule, but someone on the inside has emailed me a secret first draft, before the despairing tone of
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Die Media Die: Paywalls Already On Way Out
I believe that over the next 24 months we will see the legacy meter model (yes, legacy only after two years) fade into the background. In its place we can expect to see new alternatives emerge, such as premium sites, tablet experiments, new smartphone developments, and creative concepts that we’ve
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Die Media Die: More Cuts At Sun News
The Dim Reapers strike again – managers being laid off across the chain, though unclear yet if it’s every managing editor or just some. Several Ontario dailies lost their MEs today. Other senior staff also cut. And: Webco printing in London closed. As many as 40 gone. And:More than 40^there
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Dying Media Continues To Die
Postmedia earnings out. Lost $11-million, blames most of it on $15-million in restructuring charges.— Steve Ladurantaye (@sladurantaye) January 9, 2014 Though a little more slowly: Postmedia’s 1Q revenue was down 8.4% to $194M, bit of a slower decline than past few quarters— Christine Dobby (@christinedobby) January 9, 2014 And what
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sun Media Begins Its Annual Round Of Xmas Layoffs
From TSF: More to come, at least in Ontario. Bleak start to the holiday season. Thought Scrooge resigned…guess not.
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