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Community papers struggling to survive amid Canada Post flyer delivery
The national rollout gives retailers a flyer alternative while community newspapers say the move has cut ad revenue by about 80%, industry officials said.
- Last month, Canada Post and Montreal-based Transcontinental launched Raddar, a nationwide flyer service, prompting community newspaper owners to claim the partnership drives them out of business.
- Flyer distribution has undergone significant transformation with the withdrawal of news organizations like Postmedia and Metroland, said Transcontinental chief operating officer Patrick Brayley, noting customers welcomed the cost-effective platform.
- Great West Media, which owns nine publications in Alberta, has seen flyer volumes drop about 80 per cent, with co-owner and vice-president of manufacturing Evan Jamison warning, "It could be existential for some of them."
- Winnipeg's Community Review is shutting down Friday, ending delivery to 200,000 households and leaving more than 800 part-time workers unemployed, as News Media Canada CEO Paul Deegan argues the service represents "anticompetitive behaviour."
- Canada Post spokesperson Lisa Liu said the entire industry faces a massive shift, and the Crown corporation continues to work with newspapers, even as revenue loss threatens to shutter more outlets and leave residents less informed.
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‘Existential’: Community papers struggling to survive amid Canada Post flyer delivery
MONTREAL - Community newspaper owners claim Canada Post is helping to drive some of them out of business thanks to a new partnership it forged with the country's largest printing
·Toronto, Canada
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