Postmedia's newsroom consolidation gets plenty of attention
Paul Godfrey is the CEO of Postmedia Network The combining of newsrooms in four Canadian cities by Postmedia Network has prompted a tremendous amount of media coverage today. Multiple media outlets on all platforms have devoted a lot of time and energy to the announcement that newsrooms in Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver would be combined. As part of this restructuring, each city will have one editor overseeing the combined newsrooms, even though there will continue to be two newspaper titles in each city. A total of 90 people are losing their jobs, and buyouts will also be offered in Ottawa and Vancouver. As many as 50 more journalists may be without jobs after that is complete. It’s interesting how much attention this has received, but not surprising. The media love to report on the media. Meanwhile, 430 people who work at a potash mine in New Brunswick, where finding new jobs is much harder than in a large city, also lost their jobs today. Potash Corporation of ...