The decision to align the Kenneth R. Wilson (KRW) and National Magazine Awards (NMA) has ruffled some feathers in the B2B publishing world, but organizers say it was a move to cut costs in the face of shrinking financial support from the government.

The National Magazine Awards, traditionally held on a Friday night during the MagNet conference, this year was moved to Thursday (June 7) to share an evening with the KRW crowd.

Weddingbells.ca, the website extension of Wedding Bells magazine and a property of St. Joseph Media, will live stream the Pronovias Fashion Show from Barcelona, Spain today at 2:15 p.m. eastern time.

This is the first time that Weddingbells.ca has hosted a live fashion show on its site.

Natalie Larivière, President of TC Media, is stepping down from her position to pursue "new professional challenges", said the company. She will officially be gone from her post by June 29, while she will work with the team periodically over the summer to "ensure the smooth transition of certain projects". François Olivier, President and CEO of Transcontinental, will take over as interim head of TC Media.

Natalie Lariviere

The gala for the Atlantic Journalism Awards was held on Saturday, and here's who accepted awards in magazine categories:

An Edmonton literary and visual arts-focused magazine is shutting down, and is hosting a fundraiser this month to pay its closing expenses.

Other Voices, a twice-yearly publication, is calling it quits partly due to changes in federal arts funding, said managing editor Bobbi Beatty.

Canada’s premier awards show for online and digital publishers is gearing up for its fourth year. Produced by Masthead, we’re pleased to announce several enhancements to the Canadian Online Publishing Awards based on feedback from award participants. (Thanks to everyone who answered our survey!)

Continuing the exciting awards announcement season, here are some of the finalists for the 30th annual Western Magazine Awards:

The Kenneth R. Wilson (KRW) nominations for excellence in business magazines have been released.

Magazine of the year finalists include Alberta Oil, Marketing, and Retail News, while website of the year nominations go to CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca, finance-investissement.com, and UniversityAffairs.ca.

Leading the pack in total nominations was CAmagazine with 14 total nominations, followed by Marketing with 12. Les Affaires garnered 11 nods.