News grim south of the border for newspapers

Ouch, a ten per cent decline in newspaper circulation in the US since last year. It is a bad  situation for US papers. Some good news: the Wall Street Journal takes number one spot from USA Today, hopefully a sign US readers want more thoughtful reportage, likely a sign that hotels aren’t interested any more [...]

“It’s just a flesh wound” mentality alive and well at Canwest

Well, there they go again. Saturday’s National Post contained a front page editorial proclaiming their financial success, all the while they are in bankruptcy proceedings filing court documents detailing their dismal financial straits. It’s not that I want to see the National Post go down (the last four pages of the front section are the [...]