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53-656: On July 26, 2024, Postmedia entered an agreement to purchase SaltWire. Founded in 1874 as The Morning Herald , the paper quickly became one of Halifax's main newspapers. The same company also owned the Evening Mail , which was published in the afternoon. Its main competitors were the Chronicle in the morning, and the Star in the afternoon. By 1949 the papers had merged to become The Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star respectively. Graham W. Dennis took over as publisher of

106-492: A "transformation plan geared toward managing costs". Later that day, Postmedia said it had also sold the Calgary Herald building for $ 17.23 million to U-Haul Co. after trying to sell it for nearly a decade. In July 2023, Postmedia Network Canada Corp. and Nordstar Capital LP announced that merger discussion between the two newspaper publishers will not continue. On May 27, 2024, Postmedia announced that it would sell

159-579: A U.S. private equity firm , the Manhattan-based hedge fund GoldenTree Asset Management —which owns 35 per cent—as well as IJNR Investment Trust, Nyppex and other investors. The group completed a $ 1.1 billion transaction to acquire the chain from Canwest on July 13, 2010. On October 6, 2014, Postmedia's CEO Godfrey announced a deal to acquire the English-language operations of Sun Media . The purchase received regulatory approval from

212-859: A commercial printing company, in 2011. In 2012 they purchased The Casket , a weekly newspaper published in Antigonish , through a Herald sister company, Brace Publishing Limited. The company also launched the glossy Herald Magazine in February 2012. It launched the Cape Breton Star , a weekly newspaper, in Cape Breton in May 2014. Circulation has been in decline. In 2012 the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported circulation of 108,389 weekdays, 112,306 Saturdays and 97,190 Sundays In April 2012

265-611: A court evaluation contesting Postmedia's claims of solicitor-client privilege, for records seized by the bureau during raids at the company's offices. In March 2018, the Competition Bureau issued a court filing accusing Postmedia and Torstar of structuring the deal they made together with no-compete clauses in an effort to reduce competition in the newspaper industry in violation of the Competition Act . According to Marc Edge, author of The Postmedia Effect ,

318-609: A digital presence for the three publications. As well, the High River Times in High River, Alberta will go from being published twice a week to once a week. During the COVID-19 pandemic , Postmedia laid off approximately 80 employees and permanently closed 15 community publications while navigating the financial strain of COVID-19. While the company utilized government subsidies, they claim they were unable to offset

371-400: A net loss of $ 99.4 million, or 35 cents per diluted share, in the fourth-quarter ended Aug 31, compared with a $ 54.1 million net loss, or 19 cents per diluted share, in the same period a year earlier. This resulted in 90 newsroom staff losing their jobs. On November 27, 2017, Postmedia and Torstar announced a transaction in which Postmedia will sell seven dailies, eight community papers, and

424-402: A parcel delivery business and "proprietary distribution software". In 2023, Postmedia announced it would be moving a dozen of its Alberta community papers to digital-only platforms, aiming for more outsourcing deals and laying off employees. The announcement was made January 18, 2023, during an internal memo to staff that was obtained by The Canadian Press , describing the measures as a part of

477-513: A round of bargaining in October 2016, Herald made numerous additional demands, including further cuts to the union's bargaining power, reduced sick leave pay, a further four per cent wage cut, eight more layoffs (amounting to a total of 26 layoffs), and the closure of Local Xpress and the signing-over of all Local Xpress content to the Herald . In November 2016 the union filed a complaint with

530-465: A third of unionized staff, a cap on severance pay, reductions in vacation time and mileage allowance, a 25 per cent lower starting wage, and elimination of the defined benefit pension plan founded by Graham Dennis. However, the dispute dragged on with no agreement being reached between the two parties. The newspaper was accused of making unreasonable demands with the aim of breaking the union, and hired lawyers advertising services in union-busting. During

583-591: A union drive at the paper earlier that year, taking charge of all political reporting and analysis in Postmedia newspapers to ensure the newspapers became more "reliably conservative." In June 2019, Kevin Libin, comments editor and editorials editor of the National Post and Financial Post and a founding editor of Western Standard , was assigned “executive editor of Postmedia politics". The role focuses on

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636-576: Is a weekly newspaper published in Antigonish, Nova Scotia , Canada, by SaltWire Network . First published on June 24, 1852, by John Boyd, the paper was eventually acquired by Casket Printing and Publishing Company. Brace Publishing Limited, a division of the Halifax newspaper The Chronicle Herald , acquired the newspaper in 2012 before being subsumed into the Chronicle Herald's expanded SaltWire Network in 2017. Staff have included

689-586: Is best known for being the owner of the National Post and the Financial Post . The company is headquartered at Postmedia Place on Bloor Street in Toronto. The company's strategy has seen its publications invest greater resources in digital news gathering and distribution, including expanded websites and digital news apps for smartphones and tablets. This began with a revamp and redesign of

742-671: Is identified as a source on all of its subsidiary newspapers. The news agency provides news, sports, entertainment, photography, financial and feature information and data to Postmedia Network's Canadian newspapers, online properties and a number of third party clients in Canada and the United States. In October 2018, it was reported that CEO Andrew MacLeod had declared the company "insufficiently conservative ". That resulted in Kevin Libin, who had played an active role in defeating

795-524: Is important, but you can't let that determine what you do." Shortly after taking over as CEO, Dennis championed the newspaper's independence, stating: "The fact that we're not controlled by someone in Ontario makes a big difference in what we can do." She stated that the newspaper would remain independent as long as possible. However, following her father's death Dennis stated that she would entertain offers from potential buyers. Discord erupted in 2011 after

848-626: Is the only jurisdiction within Canada that outlaws the practice. Several faculty members at the University of King's College , which is well-regarded for its journalism program, advised graduating students against crossing the picket line. The Herald approached several King's students and were rebuffed. Investigative journalist Tim Bousquet, of the Halifax Examiner , questioned the newspaper's practice of printing advertorial content nearly indistinguishable from regular news. Similarly,

901-1225: The Camrose Canadian in Camrose, Alberta , Strathmore Standard in Strathmore, Alberta , Kapuskasing Northern Times in Kapuskasing, Ontario , Ingersoll Times in Ingersoll, Ontario , Norwich Gazette in Norwich, Ontario and Petrolia Topic in Petrolia, Ontario . It will also cease printing the Portage Daily Graphic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba , the Northern News in Kirkland Lake, Ontario , and Pembroke Daily Observer in Pembroke, Ontario while maintaining

954-527: The Ottawa Citizen , which debuted in 2014. Two-thirds, or 66%, of Postmedia is currently owned by American media conglomerate Chatham Asset Management . The ownership group was assembled by National Post CEO Paul Godfrey in 2010 to bid for the chain of newspapers being sold by the financially troubled Asper family's Canwest (the company's broadcasting assets were sold separately to Shaw Communications ). Godfrey secured financial backing from

1007-572: The Vancouver Sun and The Province , have had common ownership for over 30 years, as evidence that the deal would not be anticompetitive. The purchase did not include Sun Media's now-defunct Sun News Network . The acquisition was approved by the Competition Bureau on March 25, 2015, and closed on April 13. In 2016, the company sought to restructure its compensation plans and reduce spending by as much as 20%, after reporting

1060-582: The Winnipeg Sun , the Portage la Prairie Graphic Leader , Kenora Miner and News , and company's Winnipeg printing operations to politician and former Sun publisher Kevin Klein . In July 2024, the company entered into an agreement to acquire SaltWire Network . Postmedia News is the news branch of Postmedia Network, providing similar content to all of its subsidiary news outlets and websites. It

1113-548: The Atlantic provinces , although it briefly lost that title to the now-defunct StarMetro Halifax (formerly Metro Halifax ). Postmedia Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (also known as Postmedia Network , Postmedia News or Postmedia ) is a foreign-owned Canadian-based media conglomerate consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest , with primary operations in English-language newspaper publishing, news gathering and Internet operations. It

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1166-540: The Herald locked out its 13 unionized printing press workers, causing the first work stoppage in the company's history. The lockout ended about a month later, after the union agreed to major concessions. Less than a year later, on January 23, 2016, 61 members of the Halifax Typographical Union's newsroom and news bureau staff went on strike. The Herald hired " scab " reporters as replacements. The Chronicle Herald refused any concessions offered by

1219-437: The Herald reprinted one of his articles and attributed it to his name only, with no mention of the Star , making it appear as though he was writing as a strikebreaker. Boutilier stated that he could not find the piece on The Canadian Press news wire while Bousquet commented that aside from the Star , the Herald appears to have been the only other newspaper to print the story. The Herald subsequently removed his byline from

1272-411: The Herald wrote a new contract for freelance journalists that gave the newspaper rights to freelancers' work forever, without any payment for signing over the copyright. Numerous freelancers, including Ralph Surette and Silver Donald Cameron , refused to sign. Dennis stated that the newspaper was simply emulating what other newspapers across the country were doing. The newspaper purchased Bounty Print,

1325-529: The Nova Scotia Labour Board accusing the Herald management of "bargaining in a manner designed to end union representation", preventing an agreement from being reached. As a result of this strike, CEO Mark Lever won the labour news website rankandfile.ca's annual Scumbag of the Year award for 2016. It was the second time in three years a Nova Scotian won this award. Throughout the strike,

1378-409: The Halifax Typographical Union used social media to draw light to typographical and factual errors that plagued the paper since the strike began, and alleged that these quality issues were a result of using inexperienced " scab " staff. In addition, the union and others lambasted the strikebreakers for questionable journalistic practices. The use of strikebreakers is banned in many countries, but Quebec

1431-489: The Postmedia Network effectively concentrates more than 90 percent of all Canadian dailies and weeklies in one company, a fact lamented by J-Source, a Canadian media watchdog, in a 2015 online article. Margo Goodhand , a former Edmonton Journal editor-in-chief , wrote in a 2016 Walrus article that Postmedia executives were behind the outsourcing of Postmedia content to a site within an office in Canada for

1484-398: The Postmedia executives to reject the total $ 2,275,000 as the newspaper chain continued to cut staff. Postmedia owns newspapers that serve smaller communities across Canada, including: In addition, Postmedia Network owns all websites associated with all properties listed on this page either wholly or in partnership. Other media groups in Canada include: The Casket The Casket

1537-624: The Sunday edition was discontinued as a cost-cutting measure and the Saturday paper was renamed Weekend . Still, in 2013, Sarah Dennis stated that the newspaper was profitable and that readership was at an all-time high. In September 2014, weekday circulation was estimated at 70,000, with the weekend edition selling 72,000. On-line subscriptions totaled 1,862. In October 2014, the Herald issued layoff notices to 20 newsroom employees. In February 2015,

1590-546: The Toronto and Vancouver 24 Hours to Torstar, in exchange for 22 community papers and the Ottawa and Winnipeg versions of Metro . Except for the Exeter Times-Advocate , St. Catharines Standard , Niagara Falls Review , Peterborough Examiner , and Welland Tribune , all acquired papers will be closed. On June 26, 2018, Canadian Press reported that, by the end of August, Postmedia will be closing

1643-615: The cable TV mogul Charles Keating . Keating died in 2005. In 2007 Argyle Developments Ltd. purchased the property from his estate. The Chronicle Herald moved in 2008 to one of the buildings on the ex- Maritime Life campus in Armdale . The former Herald buildings were demolished and the site was redeveloped as the Nova Centre , which houses the Halifax Convention Centre . In October 2008, The Chronicle Herald

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1696-520: The company’s community presence in the province. For Ontario, the closures included the Kingsville Reporter, Lakeshore News (Windsor-Essex area), LaSalle Post, Napanee Guide, Paris Star, Tecumseh Shoreline Week, and Tilbury Times. On February 17, 2022, Postmedia announced a definitive agreement to acquire Brunswick News Inc. (BNI). As well as several New Brunswick daily and weekly newspapers and "digital properties", BNI's assets included

1749-484: The coverage of federal politics in the National Post. In addition, it focuses on the coverage of federal and provincial politics in all of the dailies owned by Postmedia. In November 2019, Postmedia announced that 66% of its shares were now owned by Chatham Asset Management , an American media conglomerate which owns American Media, Inc. and is known for its close ties to the Republican party. The creation of

1802-481: The decline in revenue. Postmedia closed 15 community newspapers in Manitoba and Ontario’s Windsor-Essex area as the publications were no longer financially sustainable. The publications included Manitoba’s Altona Red River Valley Echo, Carman Valley Leader, Gimli Intertake Spectator, Morden Times, Selkirk Journal, Stonewall Argus & Teulon Times, Winkler Times, and The Prairie Farmer, leaving Portage La Prairie as

1855-520: The federal Competition Bureau on March 25, 2015, even though the company manages competitive papers in several Canadian cities; while the Sun Media chain owns numerous other papers, four of its five Sun -branded tabloids operate in markets where Postmedia already publishes a broadsheet competitor. Board chair Rod Phillips has cited the Vancouver market, in which the two main daily newspapers,

1908-463: The network received $ 9.9 million in government financial assistance in 2022. In the same year, Postmedia's operating income was only $ 13 million. In 2016, Paul Godfrey took a $ 900,000 bonus during a time when Postmedia laid off staff company-wide. CFO Doug Lamb received $ 450,000, COO Andrew MecLeod $ 425,000, legal and general counsel Jeffrey Harr $ 300,000, and National Post president Gordon Fisher $ 200,000. Unions representing Canadian journalists wanted

1961-417: The newspaper in 1954, at age 26, after the death of his father, senator William Henry Dennis , who in turn had succeeded senator William Dennis in running the paper. He led the newspaper for the next half century. Dennis was proud of the paper's independence and rebuffed numerous offers to buy it. He was known as a humanistic employer interested in the welfare of his employees, stating that his proudest moment

2014-491: The newspaper in protest, stating in her farewell column that "The story lays bare the worst of the worst xenophobia in our city and our province. It lacks all proportion. Balance eludes it, start to finish." On 13 April 2017, Transcontinental announced that it had sold all of its newspapers in Atlantic Canada to SaltWire Network , a newly formed parent company of the Herald . The Halifax Typographical Union called

2067-425: The online edition. Controversy surrounding an article published 8 April 2016 online (appearing in print on 9 April) made national headlines. The story alleged that Syrian refugee children attending Chebucto Heights Elementary School were "choking, pushing, slapping and verbally abusing their fellow classmates". The paper was widely condemned as the story was unverified, having been based on a sole anonymous source, and

2120-400: The paper. Lever took over as president and CEO in 2012. Though the newspaper is profitable, Dennis and Lever have aggressively cut costs in recent years. Dennis holds a "far less romantic view of the newspaper" than her father did, a characteristic that journalist Stephen Kimber said has made cost-cutting easy. Dennis stated: "It's a business, and you have to run it like a business. The history

2173-461: The provisions of the province's Trade Union Act, to force mediation between the union and the Herald management from 4 August 2017. A union spokesperson called the move "long overdue" while the Herald ' s chief operating officer called the announcement "puzzling". The dispute finally ended in August 2017 when the union voted to ratify a new eight-year deal. The agreement included an increase in

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2226-476: The purchase evidence that the Herald ' s claim of impending financial collapse was a "total fabrication". The president of CWA Canada also weighed in, stating of the ongoing labour dispute: "This has never been about money. It has been about power and union busting." On 13 July 2017, the Department of Labour and Advanced Education announced that it was setting up an Industrial Inquiry Commission, under

2279-455: The result of a decline in advertising due to the distress of the current economic situation . Sarah Dennis, daughter of owner Graham Dennis and vice-president since the 1990s, took over as CEO of the newspaper in November 2010. She married Mark Lever in August 2011. Graham Dennis, who ran the newspaper for more than 57 years, died on December 1, 2011, at the age of 84. Sarah Dennis inherited

2332-580: The sake of producing “ Regina Leader-Post sports pages, Arts fronts for the Montreal Gazette , editorial pages for the Vancouver Sun ”. In a 2020 article by The New York Times, it was reported journalists had attested that since Chatham Asset Management took over, Postmedia had centralized operations and cut staff so that its 106 newspapers were essentially clones of one another. On November 27, 2018, The Competition Bureau applied for

2385-412: The school board had investigated the allegations and had come up empty-handed. In the face of public outcry the newspaper tweaked the article online, removing some details before deleting it from the Herald website altogether on Monday morning. The paper published an editor's note that admitted the story "needed more work". In the wake of the controversy award-winning non-union columnist Lezlie Lowe quit

2438-454: The single The Chronicle Herald . In January 2004, The Chronicle Herald became the first newspaper in Canada, and one of only several in the world, to operate a WIFAG offset press. This development led to an increased use of colour, and changes in font and styling. In 2002 the historic Herald headquarters on Argyle Street was listed for sale for $ 15 million and sold by the Dennis family to

2491-460: The union pointed out instances of the "scab Herald " reprinting press releases nearly verbatim. Of the quality of the newspaper during the strike, Bousquet wrote: "Without the professional journalists, the paper is crap [...] The Herald has zero credibility. And the complete abandonment of any journalistic standards is showing in spades." Alex Boutilier of the Toronto Star spoke out after

2544-418: The union, and later on the striking staff launched a competing online newspaper called Local Xpress . By September 2016, the number of striking workers was down to 56 as some had sought new employment for financial reasons. The union criticized the Herald for spending more than $ 400,000 on security (as at September 2016) while demanding cuts in the newsroom, and stated that the real intention of management

2597-400: The work week from 35 to 37.5 hours, the dismissal of 26 union staff (with 25 returning to the newspaper and one moving to Cape Breton), and wage cuts. The Chronicle Herald has seen like most Canadian daily newspapers a decline in circulation . Its total circulation dropped by 15 percent to 91,490 copies daily from 2009 to 2015. The Chronicle Herald is the highest circulation newspaper in

2650-543: Was named one of " Canada's Top 100 Employers " by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine. On February 3, 2009, the paper laid off 24 employees, the first layoffs in the paper's 136-year history. The cuts represented approximately one quarter of its newsroom staff, but it nonetheless remained the largest newsroom east of Montreal. These cuts impacted the production department where nine employees were laid off. The company stated that these layoffs were

2703-607: Was the introduction of a pension plan for Herald staff. He had a reputation as an "old-school media baron" who set up bureaus across Canada and even one in London, England. Dennis considered the paper essential to effecting positive change in Nova Scotia and ensured that it was available across the province. In 1998 the company began producing a Sunday edition called The Sunday Herald , which ran until April 20, 2013. In 2004 The Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star were merged to form

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2756-430: Was to bust the union . The typographical union also accused Sarah Dennis of hiring private investigators to tail and intimidate picketers. In September 2016 the Herald announced that it was shutting down the Cape Breton Star due to "a prevailing headwind of union sympathy in industrial Cape Breton". The union agreed to wage cuts and increased working hours equating to an hourly pay decrease of 17 per cent, layoffs of

2809-551: Was written with a highly sensational tone that alleged acts of "brutality" by children as young as five. It was published anonymously, lacking any byline , and was picked up by right-wing media abroad to bolster anti-refugee sentiment. The superintendent of the Halifax Regional School Board , Elwin LeRoux, stated that he was "deeply offended to see the school represented so inaccurately". LeRoux stated that

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