Ep.180 - Who Buys A Newspaper Chain In 2017?
Podcast |
CANADALAND
Publisher |
CANADALAND
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Apr 24, 2017
Episode Duration |
00:37:48

...The Chronicle Herald's Mark Lever, that's who.

After pleading poverty for nearly 16 months while his reporters, editors, and photographers are strike, he came up with the bucks to sells-newspapers-in-atlantic-canada-to-saltwire-network.html"> buy 28 Atlantic Canadian newspapers from the floundering Transcontinental chain. This gives his company an effective monopoly in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island.

We speak with long-time Nova Scotia journalists (and former Transcontinental reporters) Stephen Kimber and Parker Donham about the rationale behind the purchase and whether this benefits news consumers in Atlantic Canada.

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