General Business Updates and News

[westwardloo]

The Record to close their downtown office. I'd link to Outline but it's not working for me.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...pring.html

I know they were looking at re-location options in 2019 if they didn't renew at Market Square. I wonder how long Torstar keeps The Record running? I have a digital subscription so I hope it stays around.

Unfortunately I do not see this as a good sign for keeping the Record mostly local.  I wish more people would support local media, but I think it is inevitable that the record will have a few local "reporters" and the rest of the work will be done from the toronto office. This is what CTV Kitchener does. Most of the news is run through the toronto office with a couple of staff located locally. It is too bad everything has become so consolidated and centralized, if feels less personal when I know it is produced by toronto. I enjoy reading the record and feel like they are part of this regions identity, but I am probably one of the few 30 or under that know or care about their existence. It seems like a lot of things, news has been effected by globalization. Sadly, most of my friends would rather follow social media posts that will never have an effect on their lives than follow relevant local news.  

On a more positive note, with the record leaving market square, maybe this will persuade the owners to redevelop the whole site. One can dream.