#62 Lend Me Ten Bucks to Buy a National Newspaper Chain?

March 17, 2016

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Jen Gerson on the sale of Postmedia, Toronto Star's publisher stepping down and the big pile of money the CBC's about to get.

Postmedia is for sale. Toronto Star’s publisher John Cruickshank is stepping down. The CBC is getting a bunch of money and they don’t have a vision for how to spend it.

The National Post’s Jen Gerson co-hosts.

Jen’s twitter: @jengerson

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