The Halifax Daily News has been closed down and replaced by a free daily, according to several sources. All of the paper’s staff, including journalists and cartoonists, have been fired.
The Daily News was owned by Quebec-based Transcontinental. It’s replacement, Metro Halifax, is part of the cross-Canada Metro line and will be produced Metro International S.A. and Torstar Corp.
Begun in 1974, The Daily News employed award-winning editorial cartoonist Michael De Adder.
According to the Canadian Press article:
As journalists left the Halifax Daily News, several said they’re worried a free newspaper aimed at commuters will mean a decline in the city’s journalism.
Michael de Adder, an award-winning cartoonist for the newspaper, said “it doesn’t sound like it (Metro) can serve the population as well as a daily newspaper can or two daily newspapers can.”
De Adder said cartoonists across the country are starting to wonder about their craft.
“What is the future? It looks pretty bleak today,” he said.
