Globe and Mail ending print distribution in Atlantic Provinces

The print edition of the Globe and Mail will soon no longer be distributed in the Atlantic provinces, according to a story in J-source. Print distribution will end in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick on Nov. 30.The Globe had stopped regional print distribution in 2013 in Newfoundland and Labrador. 

Globe publisher and CEO Phillip Crawley said that the change will save the Globe about $1 million annually. He attributed the change to the increasing use of digital access which is what is being offered to Globe subscribers as their main alternative to print home delivery. 

“Clearly we make a judgment on how many subscribers we’ve got in a particular region, what cost that is, and we’ll carry on doing that,” [said Crawley].

Globe's magazine Report on Small Business revamped, resized and rewired

The Globe and Mail's magazine Report on Small Business, a quarterly, standard-sized magazine,has been resized and relaunched as tabloid, augmented by a beefed up online presence. According to a release, the improved printing capacity of the Globe, beginning last fall, allows it to print the publication itself as a separate newspaper section while "offering advertisers a bigger, bolder canvas on which to showcase their brands".

The new website has updated news, analysis and advice pitched at small business interests. In addition to being given selected distribution through the Globe in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, the magazine is also distributed by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business to over 70,000 English-speaking members. This makes it one of the largest circulation business publications in Canada, says the Globe. 

'"Small business now accounts for nearly 98 per cent of all enterprise in Canada, and The Globe and Mail is building on our deep commitment to serving this vital audience, and the advertisers that want to reach them," said Andrew Saunders, Vice President of Advertising Sales. "A product like this would not have been possible without the investments we have made in quality journalism, and print and online excellence, and the winners are our readers and advertisers."

Early look at new-look Globe and Mail to be unveiled next Friday

The new-look Globe and Mail design and presentation is being allowed out in public; at least Friday, Adrian Norris, the managing editor for presentation and his associate, Jason Chiu, gave a glimpse and an overview to a workshop at the Society for News Design conference in Denver. The new, slimmer, Guardian-eque Globe with colour on every page debuts next Friday. [Thanks to Charles Apple at Copydesk.org, the site of the American Copy Editors Society.]