Two of Canada’s largest news publishers, Postmedia Network Canada Corp. and Nordstar Capital LP, have dropped discussions about a potential merger deal less than two weeks after announcing talks on the subject. Postmedia, which owns papers such as the National Post, Calgary Herald, and Vancouver Sun, initially announced on June 27 that it had entered into…

With ongoing merger talks between two of Canada’s largest news publishers, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is urging Canadians to make recent legislation and federal subsidies affecting media outlets across the country a voting issue in the next general election. “For all the subsidies and interventions the Liberals have put in place since coming to…

Postmedia Network Canada Corp. said Tuesday that it’s in talks to merge with Nordstar Capital LP, the owner of Metroland Media Group and the Toronto Star. The two publishers say the proposed deal, which is yet to be finalized, is a bid to create greater scale so they can respond to the “existential threat” facing…