Due to the “growing popularity of digital media and communications,” Sun Media Corporation has decided to end printing of its free weekly newspaper, the Montreal Mirror, according to a release on Friday.
The closure will see seven employees lose their jobs and two more transferred to other parts of the company as a result.
In the statement, Sun Media, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media, pointed to the rise of “economic challenges which have unfortunately compromised The Mirror‘s viability.”
Sun Media has 36 paid-circulation daily newspapers and six free dailies in nine urban markets in Canada.
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