Rebecca Rose

You’ve Come A Long Way…

You’ve Come A Long Way…

Are women still being passed over for the top magazine editing jobs? Or are they just too smart to take it?

It is 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18, 2007, in the Queen Street East offices of St. Joseph Media. The fourth-floor kitchen is crowded with Toronto Life magazine staffers who sip Trius Brut sparkling wine and nibble on cheese while Sharon McAuley, the magazine’s publisher, gives a speech. They should be at their Macs working on the […]

 Rebecca Rose

The Great Newspaper War of Woodstock, New Brunswick

The Great Newspaper War of Woodstock, New Brunswick

Ken Langdon says his upstart and independent Carleton Free Press injects competition into New Brunswick's newspaper landscape. Brunswick News, owner of Langdon's former paper, the Woodstock Bugle-Observer, alleges Langdon used proprietary information for his start-up

Ken Langdon was sitting in a Tim Hortons in Woodstock, New Brunswick, talking with a friend and drinking a black coffee when his cell phone rang. Debbie Bustard, house proctor of a residence for students from New Brunswick Community College that Langdon owns, was calling. Two forensic accountants were at the residence; they had a […]