• Search
    • Sign up for our newsletter
    March 4, 2021
    SHARE
    Short Cuts
    #299 Hard News, Loose Slots
    Torstar gets into the gambling business. Americans get caught up on the WE scandal. And documents suggest Canada’s two major newspaper chains discussed shutting down each others’ papers before they swapped them.
    Jesse Brown
    Host & Publisher
    Tiffany Lam
    Producer
    Kevin Sexton
    Producer
    Andréa Schmidt
    Managing Editor, Podcasts
    The Tyee’s tech and privacy reporter Bryan Carney co-hosts.
    Further reading:
    •  Read Bryan’s full story here on the correspondence between Torstar and Postmedia here.
    This episode is brought to you by Rotman School of Management, Squarespace, Athletic Brewing, and Manscaped.
    More from this series
    #1134 The Conservative Plot Against Pierre Poilievre
    The call is coming from inside the party. 
    April 2, 2025
    #1131 How Trump United Canada
    Canada’s sudden political reorientation.
    March 28, 2025
    #1130 Is the Media Biased for Carney?
    Does this election have a “least exciting outcome”?
    March 26, 2025
    #1127 Pierre Poilievre Won’t Ride With Journalists
    Dougald Lamont joins San Grewal to discuss coverage of Poilievre heading into the next election. 
    March 21, 2025
    #1126 Trade War Economics in Mark Carney’s Canada
    Mark Carney’s visit to Europe signals Canada’s new approach to the trade war with the US.
    March 19, 2025
    #1123 Did Trudeau Salvage His Legacy?
    Trudeau rides off into a ‘Sunny Ways’ sunset.
    March 14, 2025
    #1122 Mark Carney Wins in a Blandslide
    The Liberal’s Carneycopia is betting big on Dad Energy. 
    March 12, 2025
    #1119 Should We Be Worried About Canadian DOGE?
    Battle lines are being drawn in the Canadian tech industry around a policy initiative that is drawing comparison to Elon Musk’s DOGE. 
    March 7, 2025
    all podcasts arrow All Podcasts
    Short Cuts