Mayor denies blame for killing off Metro
Mayor Plante has denied that she’s responsible for killing off the Metro Media papers, but the owner says the closure is largely due to Plante’s ban on the Publi‑Sac.
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dhomas 00:58 on 2023-08-16 Permalink
I never once received an issue of Metro newspaper in the publi-sac. I didn’t even know this was a thing. I did get the Flambeau d’Anjou in my publi-sac. Upon digging a little bit, it looks like that newspaper was being published by Metro Media for at least the last few years. The paper itself claimed it had been in operation since the 50’s.
Daisy 06:58 on 2023-08-16 Permalink
I don’t think it was the Metro itself; it was the neighbourhood papers that had at some point become affiliated with Metro, e.g. le Messager de Verdun or whatever it was calling itself at the end. We certainly got those in our Public-Sac.
steph 08:04 on 2023-08-16 Permalink
If that’s so, the end of the neighbourhood papers is much bigger news.
MarcG 08:47 on 2023-08-16 Permalink
I wonder how much the C-18 Online News Act had to do with this. The one-two punch of losing a ton of physical and digital eyes at the same time.
Daisy 10:35 on 2023-08-16 Permalink
The linked article does mention “more than 30 hyperlocal publications, including 17 print newspapers” though doesn’t talk about potential impact of this loss, including coverage of borough council meetings and other more neighbourhood level issues.
Kevin 12:44 on 2023-08-16 Permalink
MarcG
Facebook and Twitter provide very few clickthroughs to local media sites.
Kate 12:58 on 2023-08-16 Permalink
There’s a history to be written about Montreal’s local papers and their fates. I remember when people were shaken up about the collapse of the Monitor and the West Island Chronicle, which had been publishing for decades. Most of the weeklies were bought out by Transcontinental, then scooped up by Metro, because TC didn’t have much idea what to do with them.
The old printed papers used to make money with their classified ads and official notices, besides display ads from local businesses. Those old sources of revenue are all gone now.