Shelley Ambrose named Walrus publisher

The Walrus has a new publisher -- Shelley Ambrose. This, according to a story on Canadian Press and on CBC.ca. Ambrose, who spent the last three years working in public affairs at the Canadian Consulate in New York, was named publisher of the magazine on Monday.

[Keep on pitching -- Ambrose is seen at left, pitching for the Canadian team in a baseball league playing in New York's Central Park.]

Ambrose is perhaps better known as the longtime assistant to the late Peter Gzowski when he ruled on CBC national radio; and later as a the producer of Pam Wallin & Company on television. (Not coincidentally, Pam Wallin was the Canadian consul in New York and Ambrose went with her.)It is not known that she has had any experience in publishing or in magazines. She would certainly be well known to The Walrus's editor, Ken Alexander, who was himself a producer of Counterpoint on CBC television.

Ambrose replaces Bernard Schiff, who (along with several members of the board) resigned from the magazine two months ago. Schiff had been, with Alexander and David Berlin, one of the key founders of the magazine, which has had a great deal of staff turnover in its brief life. See previous posts here and here.