Avoid the National Post, Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Toronto Sun, Edmonton Journal, The Vancouver Sun, The Gazette, and The Province.

    • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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      I mean. Postmedia is already mostly funded by the federal government. Think it was in 2022, they received $9.9 million, while their operating profit was 13 million.

      A list of their Assets:

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      Advertising

      The Flyer Force
      Go!Local
      

      Publishing

      Broadsheet dailies and weeklies

      National Post
      Financial Post (administratively part of the National Post)
      Belleville Intelligencer
      Brantford Expositor
      Calgary Herald
      Cape Breton Post
      Chatham Daily News
      The Chronicle Herald (Halifax)
      Cornwall Standard Freeholder
      Edmonton Journal
      Kenora Daily Miner and News
      Kingston Whig-Standard
      London Free Press
      The Gazette (Montreal)
      North Bay Nugget
      Ottawa Citizen
      Regina Leader-Post
      The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon)
      Sault Star
      Sudbury Star
      Timmins Daily Press
      Vancouver Sun (not related to the tabloid Sun newspapers also owned by Postmedia)
      Windsor Star
      

      Tabloid dailies

      Calgary Sun
      Edmonton Sun
      Ottawa Sun
      The Province (Vancouver)
      Toronto Sun
      Winnipeg Sun
      

      Community newspapers

      Postmedia owns newspapers that serve smaller communities across Canada, including:

      Airdrie Echo (tabloid)
      Bow Valley Crag and Canyon (tabloid)
      Brockville Recorder and Times (broadsheet)
      Chatham This Week (tabloid)
      Clinton News-Record (tabloid)
      Cochrane Times (Alberta) (tabloid)
      Cochrane Times-Post (tabloid)
      Cold Lake Sun (tabloid)
      Drayton Valley Western Review (tabloid)
      Edson Leader (tabloid)
      Elliot Lake Standard (tabloid)
      Fort McMurray Today (tabloid)
      Fort Saskatchewan Record (tabloid)
      Goderich Signal-Star (tabloid)
      Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune (tabloid)
      Hanna Herald (tabloid)
      High River Times (tabloid)
      Hinton Parklander (tabloid)
      Kincardine News (tabloid)
      Kingston This Week (tabloid)
      Lakeshore Advance (Grand Bend; tabloid)
      Lloydminster Meridian Booster (tabloid) sold to Lloydminster Source Ltd
      Mid-North Monitor (Espanola; tabloid)
      Mayerthorpe Freelancer (tabloid)
      Nanton News (tabloid)
      Owen Sound Sun Times (broadsheet)
      Peace River Record-Gazette (broadsheet)
      Pincher Creek Echo (tabloid)
      Red River Valley Echo (tabloid) closed 2020
      Sarnia Observer (broadsheet)
      Sherwood Park News (tabloid)
      Simcoe Reformer (tabloid)
      St. Thomas Times-Journal (tabloid)
      Stratford Beacon Herald (broadsheet)
      Vulcan Advocate (tabloid)
      Vermilion Standard (tabloid)
      Whitecourt Star (tabloid)
      Winkler Times (tabloid)
      Woodstock Sentinel-Review (broadsheet)
      

      Former assets

      24 Hours (Toronto, Vancouver) sold to Torstar and closed, 2017[40]
      Barrie Examiner sold to Torstar and closed, 2017[40]
      Bradford Times (tabloid) sold to Torstar and closed, 2017[40]
      Camrose Canadian (tabloid), closed 2018
      Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin sold to Torstar and closed, 2017[40]
      Niagara Falls Review (broadsheet) sold to Torstar, 2017
      Norwich Gazette, closed 2018
      Orillia Packet & Times (broadsheet) sold to Torstar and closed, 2017[40]
      Pembroke Daily Observer (broadsheet), ceasing print edition 2018
      Peterborough Examiner (broadsheet) sold to Torstar, 2017
      St. Catharines Standard (broadsheet) sold to Torstar in 2017
      Strathmore Standard (tabloid), closed 2018
      

      Magazines

      Financial Post Business
      Living Windsor
      Muskoka Magazine
      Kingston Life Magazine
      Interiors Magazine
      Backpack Magazine
      Cannabis Post
      Muskoka Visitor Guide
      Ontario Farmer Magazines (Hog, Beef, Dairy)
      Swerve
      TVtimes
      

      Online

      Canada.com
      Infomart.com
      Canoe.com
      celebrating.com
      connecting.com
      driving.ca
      househunting.ca
      remembering.ca
      shoplocal.ca
      SwarmJam.com
      
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      But neither shouldn’t a government. Government independent journalism is also very important

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      Exactly. America has stated its goals 1) to destroy Canada’s economy in order to achieve 2) annex us 3) to just take Canada (militarily). There is NO WAY most of the media in the country should be American-owned, it’s already normalizing annexation talk. Enough!!!

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      Or better yet, nationalize those papers.

      Holy fuck that’s a scary proposal.