July 13, 2010
The newspapers of the defunct media empire founded by Israel (Izzy) Asper, CanWest Global Communications Inc., emerge from creditor protection as Postmedia Network Inc., to be headed by Paul Godfrey, then chairman and CEO of the National Post.
Sept. 3, 2010
The new company announces a first round of cuts to save $40-million and eliminate more than 200 jobs. Workers are laid off at the non-unionized Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald while buyouts are offered at the unionized Montreal Gazette and Ottawa Citizen.
May 7, 2012
The chain shuts down its in-house wire service with 58 employees and rejoins The Canadian Press after five years trying to compete with the then-struggling news agency. "I'm not sure there's a need for competition in this area," Mr. Godfrey said.
May 28, 2012
The Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal cease publishing on Sundays and editing and page-design jobs are moved to a central facility in Hamilton. About one-fifth of journalists in Ottawa and Montreal are on the chopping block.
Aug. 21, 2012
Postmedia launches a "metered" paywall for online readers. A digital subscription costs $6.95 a month but the first 20 articles are free for casual readers. The same day, Mr. Godfrey announces the National Post is profitable for the first time in its 13-year existence.
Nov. 13, 2012
Sun Media Corp., soon to be bought by Postmedia, announces 500 job cuts and the closing of two printing presses for savings of $45-million. One month earlier, publishers were dismissed from five newspapers and senior editors were also let go.
May 20, 2014
The Ottawa Citizen redesigns the newspaper and introduces a new mobile app and a new daily tablet edition of the news. The changes would spread to the other major newspapers in the chain, but the tablet edition is abandoned 17 months later.
Oct. 6, 2014
Postmedia buys 170 news outlets from Quebecor Media for $306-million including the Sun Media newspapers in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Ottawa. The federal Competition Bureau approves the deal five months later saying it is "unlikely to lessen competition."
Jan. 19, 2016
Postmedia merges tabloid and broadsheet newsrooms in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa and centralizes sports coverage, cutting 90 jobs. It's no fewer than the 11th round of cuts announced by the company since it was established in 2010.