Source: thetyee.ca Look who’s lobbying for the struggling newspaper industry. British Columbia biggest daily and weekly publishers have hired a key member of the BC Liberals’ 2013 re-election campaign in a last-ditch effort to change Environment Minister Mary Polak’s mind about the imposition of a hidden tax on newsprint. Dimitri Pantazopoulos registered to lobby Polak on behalf of Pacific Newspaper Group, …

Source: theglobeandmail.com In a shrinking industry, and on a struggling island, the Chronicle Herald, one of the last independently owned major metropolitan newspapers in the country, is making a bold move. “No one has come right out and said I’m crazy,” said Mark Lever, the newspaper president and CEO. “I’m sure they think it.” read more of the story here