Postmedia, Torstar
| Metroland Media (TorStar) / Postmedia | |
| |
| URL | See below |
| Status | announced closing |
| Archiving status | Pre-proposal |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Postmedia
Postmedia sites timeout over HTTPS (except metro). Non www will redirect to www subdomain.
On November 27, 2017, Metroland Media (a division of TorStar) has announced it will close the following newspapers it recieved from Postmedia:
- http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/
- http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/
- http://www.orilliapacket.com/
- http://www.bradfordtimes.ca/
- http://www.theenterprisebulletin.com/
- http://www.forterietimes.ca/
- http://www.innisfilexaminer.ca/
- http://www.niagaraadvance.ca/
- http://www.pelhamnews.ca
- http://www.inportnews.ca/
- http://www.thoroldedition.ca/
- http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/
- http://www.wellandtribune.ca/
Ottawa and Winnipeg Metro division - these sites are a PITA to switch cities when using a bot!
- http://www.metronews.ca/winnipeg.html
- Print version has been archived and available at https://archive.org/details/Metro-Winnipeg
- http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa.html
- CoolCanuck is in process of downloading PRINT pdfs.
Metroland Media
WARNING: Metroland media pages heavily require JavaScript!
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 what this means
- Brant News (https://www.brantnews.com/)
- Inside Belleville (https://www.insidebelleville.com/)
- Central Hastings News at https://issuu.com/centralhastingsnews
- Quinte West News at https://issuu.com/quintewestnews
- Kingston Region (https://www.kingstonregion.com/)
- Frontenac Gazette at https://issuu.com/frontenacgazette
- Ottawa Community news via https://www.ottawacommunitynews.com
- Kanata Kourier-Standard at https://issuu.com/kanatakourier
- Nepean-Barrhaven News at https://issuu.com/emcnepean
- Orleans News at https://issuu.com/emcorleans
- Ottawa East News at https://issuu.com/emceast
- Ottawa South News at https://issuu.com/emcsouth
- Ottawa West News at https://issuu.com/emcwest
- Stittsville News at https://issuu.com/stittsvillenews
- West Carleton Review at https://issuu.com/westcarletonreview
- Our London (https://www.ourlondon.ca/)
- Norfolk News (https://www.norfolknews.ca/)
- Inside Brockville (https://www.insidebrockville.com/)
- St. Lawrence News at https://issuu.com/stlawrencenews
- Our Perth (https://www.ourperth.ca)
- St. Mary's Journal-Argus at https://issuu.com/stmarysjorunalargus
- Stratford City Gazette at ISSUU NOT FOUND??
- The Weekly News (https://www.theweeklynews.ca/)
- St. Thomas/Elgin Weekly News at https://issuu.com/weeklynews
Abanondened sites: 2012 - http://www.emcstlawrence.ca (changed to Inside Brockville?); Archives broken
Unknown if impacted
- http://www.intelligencer.ca
- http://www.simcoe.com
- can't find Kingston Heritage as mentioned in thechronicherald site
Observations
- Connections appear to timeout over HTTPS for all postmedia 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
- POSTMEDIA: 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.
- POSTMEDIA: eedition is running newspaperdirect.com as their software. They are aspx pages. A pdf version
- POSTMEDIA: 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.
- POSTMEDIA: Archives (all posts) are available
- POSTMEDIA: 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"
- METROLAND: front pages are available via issu.
Sources
- Metroland Media press release - be cautious possible bias
- Google News coverage listing