The year that was in Canadian Magazines 2017
It has been the custom on the Canadian Magazines blog to arbitrarily tally some of the stories that were published during the year previous. They are not every story and may not even be the best or most important stories to you. Though I think the merger of the upstart Grands Prix awards of Magazines Canada with the venerable National Magazine Awards is pretty important. (fourth bullet in November.) And the passing of important colleagues such as Ruth Kelly (June) Prue Hemelrijk and Rick Campbell (October) and Lloyd Hodgkinson (April) are certainly milestones worth noticing. Every link takes you to a story.
January
- Canadian Business Media Association now officially merged with Magazines Canada
- Publishers get a group membership rate for all their titles in CSME
- Weight, sex, work figure in Chatelaine's survey
February
- David Walberg succeeds Ken Popert in helming Pink Triangle Press
- Alberta Magazine achievers named -- Joyce Byrne named volunteer of the year
- More than 1,000 submissions from 197 mags in National Magazine Awards
- Magazines Canada polling its members about what they'd like to see in industry internships
- Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau to be featured in Fashion's March issue
- BPA Worldwide launches first B2B private digital advertising marketplace
March
- Finalists announced for Magazine Grands Prix awards
- Dominique Ritter to become EIC of Reader's Digest, succeeding Robert Goyette
- Showing some leg on a cover provokes a storm of protest
- Staying within the lines; the triumph of adult colouring books
- Single copy sales down 12.4% in U.S. and Canada in 2016; revenue down 6.9%
- New Internationalist offers co-op shares to its readers to raise $635,000
April
- Magazine Grands Prix winner: The Kit Compact named magazine of the year
- Canadian Woodworking circulators' choice for Magazine of the Year
- Penny Caldwell of Cottage Life Media to receive Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement
- Ken Whyte resigns from Rogers Media after 12 years
- Carole Beaulieu to be presented with Editor Grand Prix award
- Robert Goyette named Magazines Canada volunteer of the year
- Lloyd Hodgkinson, who championed Canadian magazine publishing, dies at the age of 96
May
- subTerrain magazine shrinks its format to "break out of staid conformity"
- Cottage Life is named magazine of the year at National Magazine Awards
- British newsstand distributor Comag's owners Hearst and Condé Nast bail out
- Jonathan Kay has resigned as EIC of The Walrus
- Editor of Write resigns for writing column promoting "cultural appropriation"
- Annex Business Media buys three b2b titles from Annex-Newcomb LP
- Magazine winners announced in 2016 Atlantic Journalism Awards
- TNG acquires magazine sales and distribution arm of Ingram Content Services
- Inovva acquires Halifax-based Oyster Group
June
- Circulation Management Association of Canada (CMC) merging with Magazines Canada
- Scott Jamieson of Annex Business Media elected chair of Magazines Canada
- Ruth Kelly being remembered for her generosity and energy
- National Magazine Awards Foundation to change identity and become National Media Awards Foundation
- Doug Knight announces retirement from St. Joseph Media
- Precedent founder Melissa Kluger named CSME Editor of the Year
July
- Access Copyright prevails in "fair dealing" suit against York University
- Litmags' stories longlisted for this year's Journey Prize
August
- Zoomer Media buys controlling interest in On The Bay magazine
- Revamped AMPA website makes resource library available to the public
- Village Voice sold its soul, says NOW founder
- dig! ,the Winnipeg jazz magazine, ceasing print publication
- Globe and Mail ending print distribution in Atlantic Provinces
- Douglas Kelly named president of St. Joseph Media
- Support will continue for Canada Periodical Fund
- Mags Canada calls for continued strong cultural exemption for magazines in NAFTA negotiations
- Ottawa cottage show acquired by Blue Ant and added to Cottage Life Media portfolio
- The Kit Compact comes out with five covers, from film to makeup and Gen Z
- Helen Walsh no longer publisher of LRC Literary Review of Canada
- Rogers Media selling magazine content to Postmedia papers for monthly special section
- Precedent marks its 10th anniversary
- No more EIC; Jessica Johnson named as executive editor and creative director of The Walrus
October
- Jocelyn Bell named incoming editor of United Church's Observer
- St. Joseph launches Title magazine, replacing its Men's Fashion
- Vogue and VICE to partner on a new website
- Prue Hemelrijk, the indefatigable fact-checker, dead at 90
- Rick Campbell, formerly longtime Rogers editor and exec, has died
- Frank mag apologizes, modifies cartoon image criticized as "racist"
- Maisonneuve short story withdrawn as Journey Prize finalist because of "striking similarities
- FASHION magazine celebrates 40 years with specially commissioned "tulle" portrait cover
November
- Torstar and Postmedia swap and close most of 40 dailies and weeklies
- Canadian Online Publishing Awards announced
- Life in Québec to end regular publication
- Magazine awards programs are merged
December
Labels: year in review
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