Industry News
In the news
• An open letter to the new CEO of the New York Times (Joshua Benton, Neiman Lab, July 30, 2020)
• Corus announces round of Global News layoffs (July 23, 2020)
• Facebook policy changes fail to quell advertiser revolt as Coca-Cola pulls ads (The Guardian, June 27, 2020)
• From Media House to Charity Case: New federal rules allowing news organizations to become non-profits may not be worth the effort for Canada’s struggling media sector (J-Source, June 25, 2020)
• The Athletic lays off 8% of staff, implements company-wide pay cut (Axios, June 5, 2020)
• TorStar agrees to $52M sale to NordStar Capital (CBC, May 27, 2020)
• Postmedia to lay off about 40 employees after unions reject salary cuts (Bloomberg, May 27, 2020)
• Covid-19 media impact map for Canada (J-Source, May 14, 2020)
• News media outlets have been ravaged by the pandemic (New York Times, May 1, 2020)
• Memo: Postmedia closing 15 community newspapers, announces permanent and temporary layoffs (J-Source, April 28, 2020)
• Australia will compel Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for news content (The Verge, April 19, 2020)
• Google and Facebook must pay for local journalism (New York Times, April 19, 2020)
• Bell Media cuts hours of some staff, including at TSN 1040 (Canada News Media, April 9, 2020)
• British Columbia newspaper industry suffers another blow (National Observer, April 2, 2020)
• As media layoffs continue, Canadian government appoints new board (Media in Canada, March 26, 2020)
• Canadian Media Diversity: Calls to Action (J-Source, Jan. 28, 2020)