TORONTO - Apple Inc. announced a subscription news service Monday that counts the Toronto Star, La Presse, CTV News and Global News among its Canadian content suppliers. “There are several reasons why we’re doing this,” Bob Hepburn, a spokesman for the Toronto Star, said in a phone interview. Canadian content will include The Hockey News, published by Roustan Media, as well as some of the consumer magazine and digital titles being sold by Rogers Media to St. Joseph Communication, including Chatelaine and Maclean’s. Two of Canada’s largest TV news sources — Corus Entertainment’s Global News and Bell Media’s CTV — are included in Apple’s subscription service as well as Bell’s TSN and RDS sports services. Article Continued BelowOther French-language Canadian content include La Presse and Le Devoir, two of Quebec’s prominent news publications.

Source: thestar March 25, 2019 19:41 UTC