{"id":113303,"date":"2017-08-21T23:29:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T03:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=113303"},"modified":"2017-08-21T23:29:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T03:29:16","slug":"globe-and-mail-to-scrap-print-edition-in-atlantic-canada-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/21\/globe-and-mail-to-scrap-print-edition-in-atlantic-canada-later-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Globe and Mail to scrap print edition in Atlantic Canada later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TORONTO \u2014 The Globe and Mail is putting a stop to its daily print edition across Atlantic Canada later this year.<\/p>\n

Publisher Phillip Crawley said the national newspaper plans to halt production for the East Coast on Nov. 30.<\/p>\n

Costs of printing and distribution in the region are \u201cunaffordable\u201d because more readers are going online for news, he said. The money saved will be redirected to its journalism efforts.<\/p>\n

It’s not the first time the Globe has pulled back in Atlantic Canada. The company stopped distribution of the newspaper in Newfoundland five years ago, Crawley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve watched the number of copies being printed declining,\u201d Crawley said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt reaches a point where effectively we’re subsidizing the print delivery by a million dollars a year. My priority is to invest in high-quality journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the decision, the Globe is bringing on journalist Jessica Leeder in Atlantic Canada next month. The company also recently hired a reporter in California to cover primarily U.S. politics from a West Coast perspective.<\/p>\n

While the changes won’t lead to layoffs at the Globe, Crawley noted the company’s newspapers are printed through an agreement with publisher Transcontinental.<\/p>\n

He also rebuffed suggestions that ending the Atlantic print edition is a sign the Globe doesn’t see a future for physical newspapers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not in any way saying print is dying, we believe print’s got a lot of value for us for years to come,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s print advertising, there’s print subscriptions. It’s still a big chunk of our revenue base.\u201d<\/p>\n

The latest move comes as Canada’s large media outlets respond to changing reader habits, which have moved away from newsprint.<\/p>\n

In July, the National Post permanently scrapped its Monday print edition.<\/p>\n

At the Toronto Star, a high-profile launch of the Star Touch tablet app, which it hoped would attract younger audiences, fizzled less than two years after its launch. The Star plans to unveil a new app instead.<\/p>\n

The Globe is making its own digital changes this year. Crawley said the company will debut new apps in the fall it hopes will improve the digital user experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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