Globe and Mail to scrap print edition in Atlantic Canada later this year
TORONTO — The Globe and Mail is putting a stop to its daily print edition across Atlantic Canada later this year.
Publisher Phillip Crawley said the national newspaper plans to halt production for the East Coast on Nov. 30.
Costs of printing and distribution in the region are “unaffordable” because more readers are going online for news, he said. The money saved will be redirected to its journalism efforts.
It’s not the first time the Globe has pulled back in Atlantic Canada. The company stopped distribution of the newspaper in Newfoundland five years ago, Crawley said.