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    March 4, 2021
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    #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.
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