On Monday (February 1), we will be hosting Toronto Councillor/Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Chairman Adam Giambrone for an editorial board discussion with some of our partner publishers and the Town Crier (our sister subsidiary‘s group of Toronto community newspapers). Over recent weeks there has been speculation that Councillor Giambrone would enter the upcoming Toronto mayoral [...]

As some of you many know, on Tuesday, January 19, DMS President/CEO Lori Abittan will be participating in an upcoming Canadian Journalism Foundation panel, “The Rise of “Ethnic Media”. One of the other interesting aspects of this panel, is its moderator:  the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) of Ontario’s Public Service (OPS):  Noëlle Richardson.  Some of [...]

Barely a week into the New Year, the future of newspapers discussion is still upon us. In fact, as I was writing this, a link to a Wall Street Journal Online’s listing of 200 “Best and Worst Jobs of 2010” – was being sent around Twitter via the accompanying tweet (courtesy of Slate): ‘Newspaper reporter’ [...]