Tag: Toronto Star

Online & Digital Media News – Postmedia in merger talks with...

Postmedia is in talks with the owners of the Toronto Star, discussing a potential merger. Nordstar Capital, owner of Metroland Media Group and the...

Online & Digital Media News – Torstar staff ‘blindsided’ by dissolution...

Unifor is calling for respect for Toronto Star staff, who the union says were blindsided by news of a court application to dissolve NordStar...

Radio & Podcast News – Canadaland partners with Acast on podcast...

Media Technology Monitor (MTM) has released a report on how newcomers are consuming radio and audio. MTM found newcomers show an overall greater interest...

‘The Paul Wells Show’ signs Toronto Star and iPolitics as media...

The Toronto Star and iPolitics have signed on as media partners for upcoming podcast, The Paul Wells Show, scheduled to launch in mid-September. Hosted...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Global Reporting Centre honoured with...

Global Reporting Centre, the University of British Columbia-based independent, not-for-profit media organization dedicated to innovating global journalism, is a 2022 Edward R. Murrow National...

Radio & Podcast News – CBC Radio revises schedule to expand...

CBC Radio has revised its programming and schedule effective this week that includes an expanded edition of The Current with Matt Galloway until noon...

TorStar pulls plug on StarMetro brand, lays off 121

Torstar has announced that it will cease publishing print editions of its StarMetro daily commuter papers in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Halifax as...

Media, CRTC & Telecom News – Federal leadership debate dates set

The Canadian Debate Production Partnership (CDPP), the official producer of the federal leaders’ debates, has announced that the French and English leaders’ debates will...

Torstar poised to acquire digital news site iPolitics

Torstar Corporation has announced that through one of its subsidiaries, it has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of iPolitics Inc., the Ottawa-based online...

The Toronto Star has announced it’s shutting down its tablet app...

The Toronto Star has announced it’s shutting down its tablet app Star Touch on Aug. 1, just two years after its launch. The newspaper...