Douglas Knight, President of St. Joseph Media plans to retire on July 4, 2017. Mr. Knight, who has been a leading Canadian media executive for 40 years, has served as President of St. Joseph Media since 2006.

After two years in the marketplace the Toronto Star announced on June 26 that it is shifting gears after they could not replicate the success of the La Press tablet app model in the Toronto market.

OTTAWA—Canada Post has introduced Postal Code Targeting. This new Canada Post Smartmail Marketing program allows marketers to directly connect with their receptive audience with more precise reach.

In an era shrinking newsrooms, this announcement should provide inspiration in how the New York Times has expanded their coverage in Canada and are creating live events for readers to attend to.

The Early Summer 2017 cover of Cottage Life looks like a winner.  The “iconic” lumber jack shirt backdrop is hard to miss, and just screams “pick me up”.

ELLE Canada has a new Art Director. Jed Tallo and is a tremendous addition to the new wave of talent at ELLE Canada, lead by Vanessa Craft, the brands newly appointed (November 2016) Editor in Chief.

In a big left turn the Government of Canada is suspending the implementation of certain provisions in Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) that was introduced in 2014 in response to concerns raised by businesses, charities and the not-for-profit sector.

Rollingstone magazine has reached a settlement deal with the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia in the amount of $1.65 million dollars.

"Thanks to Masthead, we hired an awesome candidate today."

- Todd Latham, President, Actual Media Inc., Toronto