Showing posts with label Postmedia Network Canada Corp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Postmedia Network Canada Corp. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Montreal Gazette Ceases Sunday Distribution

A day after the formal closing of the purchase of the Montreal Gazette by Postmedia Network Canada, the Gazette has announced it is discontinuing Sunday distribution effective August 8, 2010.  The English language Gazette will remain a daily newspaper with distribution the six remaining days of the week.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Canwest Media Sold

Postmedia Network Canada Corp has announced that they have completed the purchase of the Canwest publications, in a $1 billion deal.  This makes Postmedia Network the largest publisher of English paid daily newspapers in Canada.  This will include publications such as the Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and Vancouver Sun.

Postmedia Network has indicated that it is taking a 'digital-first' approach to publishing, per Editor & Publisher.

This concludes the bankrupcty proceedings for Canwest, which began in 2009.