It’s official — Hearst Corp., a US-based magazine publisher, has bought French publisher Lagardere’s international magazines. The final transaction will take place in months to follow, but the purchase agreement has been signed for a cool $917.7 million US. Hearst has acquired 102 titles in 15 countries — including Elle outside of France and Red… Continue reading Hearst Corp. Acquires 102 Titles From Lagardere

CBC Radio is diving right into the political arena, promising an election coverage smorgasboard. If you’re a political junkie, CBC is promising no less than nine shows which will spend time on the election. Our pick for most interesting CBC election coverage? Rex Murphy’s Cross Country Checkup, Sundays at 4 p.m., Eastern Time. Meanwhile, the BBC… Continue reading It’s Election Time, Canada!

If you couldn’t make the symposium on women in the media last week, here’s the lowdown on what you missed. “‘Equal’ in the Newsroom: More Like Sweet and Low” Moderated by Ann Rauhala, director of the newspaper stream at the Ryerson School of Journalism, she spent 16 years at The Globe and Mail where she… Continue reading Women in the Field: A Short Round-Up

Even if opposition leaders did not support the 2011-2012 budget released by the federal government Tuesday – and set the ball rolling for a likely spring election – there is some good news: the figures announced by Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty include hundreds of millions of dollars to be spent toward digital media production… Continue reading Federal Budget Gives Media A Helping Hand

The New York Times has been testing its long awaited pay wall in Canada for the past week – and already people have gleefully devised multiple ways to get around it. The pay wall – which will go live in the U.S. on Monday – requires readers to pay $15 to $35 a month, depending… Continue reading New York Times Paywall Less Than Sturdy