As the Liberals prepare to expand the Canada Periodical Fund, we look at the vagaries of an opaque system.
January 26, 2018
By Graeme Gordon
Short Cuts
#151 You’d Think A Serial Killer Would Be A Bigger Deal
"The amount of silence on this was bizarre."
January 25, 2018
Short Cuts
#144 I’ll Kill Your Newspapers If You Kill Mine
It's a terrible week for local news, VICELAND is probably over and the Financial Post fans the flames of climate change skepticism.
November 29, 2017
CANADALAND
#202 It’s The End Of CanCon As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly had the thankless task of crafting a new culture plan that was sure to disappoint. She is now being viciously attacked by the press.
October 9, 2017
CANADALAND
#197 I Don’t Speak Sports
Sports journalism is facing many of the same issues as other facets of the industry: declining ad revenues, job insecurities, and too much content vying for too few eyeballs.
September 5, 2017
Rogers Appears To Have Kept Grants For Magazines It No Longer Operates
The company closed, sold off, or cut back on each of the 16 publications that had received federal grant money for the entire year
June 29, 2017
By Graeme Gordon
Rogers blocked text messages containing the word “uber”
Company blames now-resolved "technical glitch" but won't say how long the issue lasted
February 7, 2017
By Jonathan Goldsbie
Short Cuts
#90 The United Nations Vs. Ezra Levant
The Rebel is denied press accreditation for the UN climate conference. Rogers' CEO is out. The National Post's Tristin Hopper co-hosts.
October 20, 2016
Short Cuts
#88 Print Divas And Wankers On The Web
Toronto Star's Paul Wells joins Jesse to talk about magazines going digital and journalists leaving Twitter.
October 6, 2016
Short Cuts
#87 Can’t Compete, Won’t Try: The Shomi Story
Freelancer Drew Brown joins Jesse to talk about the death of Shomi, Maryam Monsef's birthplace and Margaret Wente's adventures in Newfoundland.
