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Online & Digital Media News – Acadia Broadcasting shutters Maritime biz publication ‘Huddle’

Acadia Broadcasting has shuttered its Maritime business publication Huddle, which it acquired in 2019. In a company announcement, Acadia President Chris Pearson cited an...

Online & Digital Media News – ‘Regulatory and financial uncertainty’ leads to breakdown in Nordstar-Postmedia merger talks

Nordstar Capital, owner of Torstar (the Toronto Star and Metroland Media Group), and Postmedia Network have terminated discussions regarding a potential merger. The companies...

Google joins Meta in announcing plan to block news in Canada

Google has joined Meta in announcing that it will remove links to Canadian news stories from its search engine results in response to the...

Online & Digital Media News – Postmedia in merger talks with Nordstar Capital

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 – Three in 10 Canadians actively avoiding news

Media Technology Monitor’s (MTM) latest report indicates three in 10 online Canadians are actively avoiding news content. The report, gauging Canadian perspectives towards news...

Online & Digital Media News – ZoomerMedia acquires The Peak, Ludwig Van

ZoomerMedia has announced its acquisition of The Peak Media Collective Inc. (PMC). Founded in 2020 by Brett Chang, Alex Blumenstein, and Taylor Scollon, with...

ZoomerMedia acquires arts publication Ludwig Van

ZoomerMedia has completed its acquisition of all outstanding shares of Museland Media Inc., publisher of Ludwig Van, Canada’s digital voice for classical, opera, chamber and choral...

ZoomerMedia acquires The Peak

ZoomerMedia has announced its acquisition of The Peak Media Collective Inc. (PMC). Founded in 2020 by Brett Chang, Alex Blumenstein, and Taylor Scollon, with the backing...

Online & Digital Media News – Meta moves closer to news ban in Canada

Meta says content from news outlets, including news publishers and broadcasters, will not be available on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if Bill C-18,...

Meta testing news blocking in Canada in response to Bill C-18

Content from news outlets, including news publishers and broadcasters, will not be available on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if Bill C-18, the Online...

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