‘Very sad day’: Postmedia to stop printing newspapers at Moncton facility - BERITAJA

Postmedia is shutting down its Moncton, N.B., printing facility, meaning about newspapers successful the state will person to beryllium outsourced for printing.

Pressman and national leader Dave Arsenault said he received the news Tuesday that the installation successful the erstwhile Times & Transcript building connected Main Street will beryllium closing successful August.

“All affected labor were notified that they would beryllium shutting down operations successful Moncton,” said Arsenault, president of the New Brunswick Media Guild (CWA Canada Local 30111)

Arsenault said he was told the closure wouldn’t effect the journalists and was informed the integer and people versions of the Postmedia-owned publications would continue.

However, it’s to his knowing that layoffs are coming.

“It will beryllium 7 unionized property labor and 35 non-union distribution employees,” he said.

“It’s a very sad day. We’ve put a batch of dedication and effort into providing value merchandise and news to the state of New Brunswick.”

Most newspapers successful the state are printed wrong the downtown Moncton location, including the Daily Gleaner, Times & Transcript and Telegraph-Journal.

The 3 papers are published 3 days a week.

The province’s largest French-language newspaper, Acadie Nouvelle, is not owned by Postmedia but uses its printing facility.

In a statement, patient Francis Sonier said an statement links the insubstantial to Postmedia until October 2027 and that, arsenic acold arsenic he’s concerned, location will beryllium nary effect connected readers, advertisers aliases journalistic content.

Acadie Nouvelle’s news director, Gaétan Chiasson, confirmed to BERITAJA they recovered retired about the impending closure via media reports and were only contacted by Postmedia connected Thursday.

Toronto-based Postmedia purchased the regular and play newspapers owned by the Irving family successful 2022 for $16 cardinal successful rate and shares.

Postmedia has not responded to BERITAJA’ questions about wherever the papers would beryllium printed going forward.