Image via WikipediaThe Globe and Mail has finally realised that placing its best online content behind subscriber walls is a bad idea. The newspaper has scrapped its subscription program, freeing up access to its columnists, horoscopes and more. The question is why it took the Globe and Mail so long to decide that content wants to be free on the Internet. After all, the New York Times dropped its TimesSelect

Image via WikipediaTorstar, owner of Canada’s largest-circulation daily The Toronto Star, is cutting 160 positions in a restructuring of its newspaper division. Among the job losses are all 10 of the firm’s Internet production staff. The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada has questioned this decision, with official Maureen Dawson saying: Their message to the world is that they’re all dedicated to the Internet, but then they lay off

Barely a year after it first appeared, Star P.M. from The Toronto Staris bowing out. Star P.M. was a downloadable PDF, intended as an afternoon edition of the newspaper. According to Toronto Star editor-in-chief Fred Kuntz, it is scrapping the PDF because of technology advances. Instead, Star P.M. will be “replaced by two more powerful products, offering greater flexibility, interactivity and value”, namely the new mobile.thestar.com service, and improvements to