For years now, the mantra repeated in publishers’ boardrooms across the continent when discussing the web has been: local, local, local. The generally accepted wisdom is that everybody but the Globe and Mail or the New York Times or Wall Street Journal had better concentrate on delivering intensely local web news, the one niche newspaper web sites believe they can exploit better than anyone else.

Two recent developments highlight both ...

Behind the scenes at Canada’s daily and community newspapers, companies are making significant adjustments this year to the way content is produced. While readers will notice only slight differences, the work flow changes are huge on the editorial side.

“What the reader sees is a paper that is very familiar but a much more dynamic news environment across all our platforms,” said Scott Anderson, senior vice president of content for ...

Canada’s newspaper industry is struggling to define what will be reflected in its future. Will readers still enjoy the mingled smells of newsprint and fresh brewed coffee on weekend mornings or will the hum of the computer have replaced the rustle of the printed page?

While the answer to this question remains elusive, François Olivier, president and CEO of Transcontinental Inc., Canada’s ...