Business - The Review of Journalism

April 26, 2025April 25, 20252025, Quick Reads, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

The Magazine Rack Invasion

“The last time I flew, I was really disappointed at what I was seeing in terms of what the options were,” says Chris Radley, executive director of the national trade organization Magazines Canada.

A man looks out at a sinking ship while on a rowboat

April 24, 2025April 17, 20252025, Featured, Long Reads, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

August 26, 2024, was one of the worst days of Pam Sword’s working life. The paper where she had been the web editor for over a decade—The Chronicle Herald, Halifax’s 150-year-old daily broadsheet—had been sold to Postmedia, Canada’s national news behemoth.