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UPDATE 1-Torstar to outsource printing Toronto Star, affecting 285 jobs

Published 2016-01-15, 08:44 a/m
© Reuters. UPDATE 1-Torstar to outsource printing Toronto Star, affecting 285 jobs
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Jan 15 (Reuters) - Canadian daily Toronto Star is closing
its printing plant in Vaughan, Ontario, affecting about 285
jobs, parent Torstar Corp TSb.TO said on Friday.
Torstar has reached a deal to outsource printing of the
Toronto Star to Transcontinental Printing, making it the latest
Canadian newspaper whose printing is to be outsourced amid
slowing readership.
Transcontinental is Canada's largest printer and prints
newspapers such as the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette and
the Vancouver Sun as well as the San Francisco Chronicle in the
United States under contract.
Transcontinental also owns of community newspapers in
Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and the Atlantic provinces.
Torstar owns the Star Media Group led by the Toronto Star,
and also owns online publications such as thestar.com, among
other holdings.
The outsourcing move was aimed at reducing costs and
improving the production quality of the newspaper, John
Cruickshank, publisher of the Toronto Star, said in a statement.
Torstar said it planned to launch a sale of the 43-acre
property in Vaughan
The company said it has begun talks with unions representing
the affected employees, 220 full-time and 65 part-time staff, to
develop a transition plan.
Torstar expects to take a job cut-related restructuring
charge in 2016.

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