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CanMediaLayoffs

  1. Globe and Mail to charge online readers, offers temporary layoffs to staff. ow.ly/aQCan
  2. Montreal alternative weekly Hour Community is being shut down. ow.ly/aGiFU
  3. Media coverage of Rogers Website Shutdowns: HuffPost: huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/02/rog… Marketing Mag: marketingmag.ca/news/media-new… CanMags: canadianmags.blogspot.ca/2012/05/rogers…
  4. BREAKING: Rogers to close 8 websites including sweetspot.ca and canadianparents.com. More details to follow...
  5. CBC ices Battle of the Blades, renews Arctic Air. ow.ly/aoxva via @marketing_mag #cbccuts
  6. Is the CBC killing the wrong programs? ow.ly/adMrI #cbccuts
  7. CTV cancels 'Fashion Television' after 27 years. ow.ly/adtO6
  8. CBC cuts current-affairs shows, 88 news jobs. ow.ly/acgSA #cbccuts
  9. CBC announces major cuts, plans to shed 650 jobs over 3 years. ow.ly/a5dl0
  10. Rogers Communications plans up to 300 layoffs. ow.ly/9WGF3
  11. Tony Cioffi leaves post as president of Reader's Digest Canada. ow.ly/9pv7I
  12. Victoria-based magazines Yes Mag and Know, science publications geared to kids/teenagers, have apparently shut down. ow.ly/9oz4N
  13. Toronto-based publication The Health Journal is no longer being produced after becoming insolvent. ow.ly/9n2pS
  14. Tories petition to scrap CBC. ow.ly/8N6Ry via @CANArtsConnect
  15. Reader's Digest sells Allrecipes.com for $175 million and cuts Sélection magazine staff at their Canadian office. ow.ly/8HMmN
  16. Quebecor’s Sun Media cutting 400 jobs. ow.ly/7HWLk
  17. The Holmes Group has announced that Dauphin Media Group has decided to cease publication of HOLMES magazine. ow.ly/7cqwS