And then there was one: Canadian Plastics absorbs Plastics in Canada

In what was clearly its strategic intention all along, the Business Information Group (Glacier Media Inc.) is erasing a former publishing rival Plastics in Canada, leaving the 68-year-old Canadian Plastics as the only trade book serving the Canadian plastics industry. PiC had ceased appearing in print in June 2010, but Rogers Publishing Limited kept the brand alive through a website and an

Rogers Publishing merges consumer and business/professional divisions into one

In what has become a cascade of inevitabilities, with Ken Whyte soon to succeed Brian Segal as CEO of Rogers Publishing, now the two previously separate divisions -- consumer and business & professional -- are being merged. Still more inevitable outcomes are the departure of John Milne, senior vice-president of the business and professional group and Paul Williams, vice-president, brand extension

Rogers launches magazine for the wealthy called Canadian Capital

Rogers Publishing has launched a new magazine aimed at Canadian entrepreneurs. It's called Canadian Capital and has a companion website called Capitalmagazine.ca. The new quarterly is designed to meet the special needs of business owners in a complex world of building and managing wealth, says a release. The first issue's cover story features clothier Harry Rosen talking about handing over the

Rogers and Transcon team up to cut ad insertion lead times to 2 weeks

Canada's two largest magazine publishing companies, Rogers Publishing and Transcontinental Media, have announced that they are cooperating in cutting the lead times for advertisers' insertion in the companies' monthly magazines. Pressexpress is an ad-close schedule that means ad creative can be sumbitted only two weeks prior to publication.Brian Segal, president and CEO of Rogers told Marketing

Duncan Hood named editor of MoneySense, managing editor of Canadian Business

[This post has been updated]Duncan Hood, formerly a senior editor at Maclean's, has been named to the double-barrelled job of editor of MoneySense magazine and a* managing editor of Canadian Business. Word came in a message to staff from publisher of all three magazines, Ken Whyte.[*Conan Tobias was the managing editor; now he is a managing editor.]His appointment to both jobs is consistent

Maclean's AD Dewairy takes over Canadian Business, MoneySense & Profit

The recent consolidation of management and staff dismissals at Rogers Publishing's news and business consumer group proceeds apace, as Christine Dewairy, the art director of Maclean's, takes over responsibility for Canadian Business, MoneySense and Profit magazines. This means the four publications share one publisher and one art director. According to a story in Mastheadonline, Dewairy will do

Rogers shakeup: Whyte and Mitchell now each multi-title uber-publishers

[This post has been updated] Rogers Consumer Publishing announced it has consolidated many of its magazines under two people today.Ken Whyte, the editor and publisher of Maclean's magazine, becomes a vice-president, responsible as publisher for Maclean's, Canadian Business, Profit and MoneySense magazines.Kerry Mitchell, the publisher of Chatelaine (and, until recently, Châtelaine), also becomes

Former Flare publisher David Hamilton named publisher of Hello! Canada

David Hamilton, after a 9-month hiatus following his departure from a long tenure as Publisher of Flare magazine, has been named publisher of Hello! Canada magazine by Rogers Publishing Limited. He starts officially next week. "We are very happy that David will be leading the Hello! Canada team in the role of Publisher," said Marc Blondeau, Senior-Vice President, Consumer Publishing, Rogers

Chocolat magazine to melt away; Rogers announces closure

[This post has been updated]Rogers Publishing is killing Chocolat magazine, the end of a controversial cooperative venture with Canada Post, launched just last year. The staff of the English, French and online components of the magazine have been informed. Significant layoffs are expected, though some staffers will be absorbed in other titles. The last issue, October, will be distributed

$15 million gift to Ryerson business faculty; becomes Ted Rogers School of Management

Ted Rogers, whose cable, phone and magazine publishing empire is well known, has -- with his wife Loretta -- given $15 million to Ryerson University which, in turn, has named its brand spanking new business school the Ted Rogers School of Management. The school is on Dundas Street in Toronto, between Yonge and Bay Streets.The majority of the gift will be used to establish 52 new undergraduate and

Rogers rehires fired Hello editor to edit Marketing

According to a story in mastheadonline (sub req'd) Rogers Publishing has rehired Christopher Loudon after firing him as editor of Hello! just two months ago. He is to be the new editor of Marketing, which has been without an editor since Stan Sutter was fired in January. Marketing has undergone a major revamp, with reduced frequency (every two weeks) and a redesign. Now, it has a new editor.