#299 Hard News, Loose Slots

March 4, 2021

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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.

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