Difference between revisions of "Postmedia, Torstar"

Revision as of 21:35, 27 November 2017

Metroland Media (TorStar) / Postmedia

URL	See below
Status	announced closing
Archiving status	Pre-proposal
Archiving type	Unknown
IRC channel	#archiveteam-bs (on hackint)

On November 27, 2017, Metroland Media (a division of TorStar) has announced it will close the following newspapers:

Ottawa and Winnipeg Metro division - these sites are a PITA to switch cities when using a bot!

Connections appear to timeout over HTTPS for all sites
Non www will redirect to the www subdomain version
It is unknown when these sites will go offline. It might be tomorrow, or they might try to squeeze as much advertiser money out as possible
eedition subdomain (electronic version of print papers eg: http://eedition.thebarrieexaminer.com) require a subscription. The front page of the latest version can be viewed for free. A 14 day subscription option exists for some papers. change www to eedition to access.
eedition is running newspaperdirect.com as their software. They are aspx pages. A pdf version
eedition front page (only front page) can be printed (as an IMAGE - not text) to a printer (eg: pdf printer).
RSS feeds only display a few articles.
Archives (all posts) are available
Some newspapers are available via PressReader (eg: https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-barrie-examiner/) . Only the front page and a few articles are free to view.
Offices of the local newspapers have closed with a sign saying "This location is now closed. For any delievery concerns please contact Metroland Customer Service at 1-855-853-5613 Or email at customersupport@metroland.com"

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 * http://www.toronto24hours.ca/
 * http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/
+Ottawa and Winnipeg Metro division - these sites are a PITA to switch cities when using a bot!
+* http://www.metronews.ca/winnipeg.html
+* http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa.html
+http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1524230-a-list-of-affected-canadian-newspapers-in-the-torstar-postmedia-deal reports that the following are closing:
+* "Belleville News" - unknown if this means http://www.intelligencer.ca
+* https://www.brantnews.com/
+* Central Hastings News aka http://insidebelleville.com - available on issu at https://issuu.com/centralhastingsnews
+* Frontenac Gazette aka kingstonregion.com -  available on issu at https://issuu.com/frontenacgazette
+* https://www.ottawacommunitynews.com
+** aka Kanata Kourier-Standard at https://issuu.com/kanatakourier
+** aka Nepean-Barrhaven News at https://issuu.com/emcnepean
+* Kingston Heritage aka ???
+* no mention of  https://www.simcoe.com/ ??