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    April 17, 2017
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    #179 Post-Postmedia
    Postmedia, the largest newspaper chain in Canada is in its death throes.
    Jesse Brown
    Host & Publisher
    Russell Gragg
    Producer

    The largest newspaper chain in Canada is in its death throes. As Postmedia staggers, bleeding, toward insolvency, we need to ask what its loss means for public discourse in Canada.

    Former Postmedia stars Kady O’Malley and Stephen Maher join Jesse to try to envision a post-Postmedia future in Canadian journalism.

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