HuffPost Canada abruptly shuts down with no warning to employees
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Canada s beleaguered news industry just took another major hit with the surprise closure of HuffPost Canada a nearly 10-year-old outlet based in Toronto and recently acquired by Buzzfeed.
The story of how this all went down is still playing out on Twitter as staffers reveal they had no idea they d soon be out of jobs, or that the site they d been working so hard on for so many years would be straight up killed.
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BuzzFeed is closing HuffPost Canada s operations and laying off 23 workers as part of a broad restructuring plan for the company, the U.S. digital media company said Tuesday. The decision follows the. . .
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Huffington Post Canada to stop publishing new content
The company was recently acquired by Buzzfeed, which also announced staff cuts in the U.S. By Charlie Smith
Yet another Canadian journalistic organization appears to be in jeopardy.
Visitors to the Huffington Post Canada website learned today that it and Huffington Post Québec are no longer publishing content.
“Existing content will be maintained as an online archive; however, certain site features were permanently disabled as of March 12,” the website states. “For more great journalism, please visit HuffPost.com. We are grateful for your support and readership.”
In a statement the HuffPost Union said “33 of our unit members – nearly 30% of our unit – are being laid off.”