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Postmedia Network Canada Corp. has closed both of its publications in the Muskoka region, blaming financial losses and low readership.
What’s Up Muskoka, a weekly, and Muskoka Magazine, published 10 times annually, have printed their last issues, a spokesperson said Thursday. Eleven full-time and 15 part-time staff are now out of a job, although Postmedia paid out severance packages, said vice-president of communications Phyllise Gelfand.
“They were fairly low-circulation, distributed free locally, and costly to produce,” Ms. Gelfand said. “They weren’t profitable and obviously it wasn’t an easy decision, but it was a decision we had to make.”
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