Inevitable. Postmedia took this predictable road a decade ago. Contrast this pathetic demise with the resurgence of La Presse, where corporate greed was put aside for a greater social good. Don’t kid yourself; this is the death rattle.
I began at the Gaz in 1967 and spent 10 incredible years as a copy boy, reporter and editor. Since then, I’ve worked for half a dozen newspapers and radio stations killed by greedy owners, incompetent managers and the unholy cabals that control Canadian media, all overseen by the abysmally inept Competition Bureau. Sorry for the good and caring folks impacted by this. Hoping against hope for a miracle a la La Presse. Go, Mitch!
Unhappily, The Gazette is yesterday's news. The Rover, Substack and other platforms are coalescing into the future of journalism, birthing pains notwithstanding.
This long time reader cancelled a forty year subscription to The Gazette only a few months ago, unable to stomach the National Post editorial content. Still check in occasionally for the obits, and that's it. Any local english daily featuring home grown reporters and editors would be most welcome, and most eagerly supported!
Inevitable. Postmedia took this predictable road a decade ago. Contrast this pathetic demise with the resurgence of La Presse, where corporate greed was put aside for a greater social good. Don’t kid yourself; this is the death rattle.
I began at the Gaz in 1967 and spent 10 incredible years as a copy boy, reporter and editor. Since then, I’ve worked for half a dozen newspapers and radio stations killed by greedy owners, incompetent managers and the unholy cabals that control Canadian media, all overseen by the abysmally inept Competition Bureau. Sorry for the good and caring folks impacted by this. Hoping against hope for a miracle a la La Presse. Go, Mitch!
Unhappily, The Gazette is yesterday's news. The Rover, Substack and other platforms are coalescing into the future of journalism, birthing pains notwithstanding.
This long time reader cancelled a forty year subscription to The Gazette only a few months ago, unable to stomach the National Post editorial content. Still check in occasionally for the obits, and that's it. Any local english daily featuring home grown reporters and editors would be most welcome, and most eagerly supported!