They fired Jim Hume but he continues to write and he's not afraid of questioning his former bosses:
To prove how serious it is about the death of print the Times Colonist has launched a new, glossy magazine devoted to the praise of local stores and businesses. The magazine, looks sharp, the writing and editing is sharp, the display ads smart. It’s powder puff writing, but here’s the thing – why is the TC launching a new glossy print supplement while trying to persuade its print newspaper readers to read on-line?
Writers of the magazine puff pieces are TC staff writers, several of them award winning journalists who while writing to entertain have less and less time to display their skills in writing to inform. And for those who wonder about such things I recently asked a senior editor how much extra the writers were paid for their new magazine glossy word spinning. “Nothing” he said.
http://jimhume.ca/20...-but-not-quite/