Local journalism in Atlantic Canada in trouble as company known to 'slash and burn' buys dozens of newspapers | CBC News LoadedIf you want to understand the struggling local news landscape, look no further than Atlantic Canada, where a takeover has kept the region's largest newspaper publisher in operation but still leaves local journalism in a tenuous state.The St.
"Change is difficult, but we at Postmedia believe with deep conviction in a positive, sustainable and vibrant future for news media in the Atlantic provinces and across Canada," Postmedia CEO Andrew McLeod said in anHowever, the acquisition will impact the former SaltWire newspapers through layoffs, the sale of offices and printing facilities and the reduction of print editions of at least one community's long-running newspaper.
"It was a pretty grim scene," Keith Gosse, local president of the union representing the paper's employees, told CBC N.L.'sSt. John's is now one of two provincial capitals without a daily newspaper, along with Fredericton, whose Daily Gleaner is delivered just three days a week — much thinner than it once was.the Gleaner's parent company Brunswick News, formerly owned by New Brunswick's wealthy Irving family, acquiring its nine English-language newspapers.St.
Aside from the reduction in staffing and publication days, he said the priorities of a company headquartered in a huge city like Toronto aren't the same as smaller cities and towns.Postmedia is beginning its takeover of several SaltWire newspapers in Atlantic Canada, raising questions about the future of The Guardian and Journal Pioneer on P.E.I. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin spoke with retired journalist Gary MacDougall to get his thoughts on what could come next.
MacPherson, for example, used the money from his buyout package and his own nest egg to start The Fredericton Independent inHe tries to cover as much of what's happening in the capital region as he can, but he prioritizes court reporting, his bread and butter. "People are hungry for the news and they're learning that they need to pay for the news," he said, explaining that most people will subscribe to multiple entertainment streaming services, but remain reluctant to pay for news.