Media Industry News

Glacier Media has announced the upcoming closure of three Metro Vancouver community news websites. A statement posted online says Burnaby Now and the New Westminster Record will close no later than April 21 and the Tri-City News will close by May 21.

TORONTO — Canadian talent will have one fewer space to network at this year's South By Southwest music and film festival in Austin, Texas.

OTTAWA — The Competition Bureau is doubling down on its claims that Rogers' unlimited data promise is misleading.

MONTREAL — Antonine Maillet — novelist, playwright, and proud Acadian — has died at the age of 95. Her publisher, Leméac, announced the news Monday on social media, saying the author had died overnight at her home in Montreal.

OTTAWA — Google denies abusing its market power in a written response to the Competition Bureau's lawsuit over the tech giant's advertising practices in Canada.

Hosting "Saturday Night Live" is a massive career milestone, but it also comes with intense pressure to deliver laughs on live TV alongside the funniest in the business.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia woman who was awarded damages after her ex-boyfriend posted an explicit picture of her alongside a fake online ad for sex work initially went to police to report what she said was a pattern of harassment.

MONTREAL — Children in Canada are exposed to more than 4,000 ads for food on their mobile devices every year, with the vast majority promoting unhealthy products, according to a new report.

CBC News Network is turning to Ian Hanomansing for live weekday prime-time coverage as an avalanche of breaking news shows no signs of abating.

TORONTO — A new report that surveyed residents of small towns across Canada says a lack of local news outlets weakens community ties and affects people's understanding of how government, schools and hospitals function.