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January 20, 2010
Special Bulletin
Canada Periodical Fund
Aid to Publishers Application Guide now available
Deadline for applications is February 19, 2010
The Department of Canadian Heritage announced that the Canada Periodical Fund has been launched for 2010-2011, beginning with the Aid to Publishers component.
The program's Web site has been updated with comprehensive information on the Aid to Publishers component, including eligibility criteria and how to apply. The Web site can be found at the following link:
www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/fcp-cpf/index-eng.cfm
Aid to Publishers is now accepting applications for 2010-2011, and the application deadline is February 19, 2010. Please see the Application Guide for more details, and information on the special application process that is in place for the program's first year.
Details for the other two CPF components, Business Innovation and Collective Initiatives, will be released shortly.
The Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) provides financial assistance to the Canadian magazine and non-daily newspaper industries so they can continue to produce and distribute Canadian content
Aid to Publishers provides funding to eligible Canadian print magazines and non-daily newspapers calculated using a formula based on eligible copies sold or distributed by verified request over a 12-month period. At least 5000 copies must have been sold or distributed by request during this period. Publishers are able to use funding to support the creation of content, production, distribution, online activities, or business development.
Important changes from existing programs
2010-2011 is the first year of the CPF, which is replacing the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) and the Canada Magazine Fund (CMF). Here are some of the main differences between the CPF and the programs it is replacing:
The main features of the Support for Editorial Content component of the CMF have been combined with the main features of the PAP. As a result, publishers only need to apply once and they have the flexibility to spend program funds on a wide range of activities, including editorial creation, design, production, printing, marketing, single-copy distribution, postage, and online activities.
Publishers familiar with the PAP should note these changes: payments from the Aid to Publishers component will be made directly to publishers, not through accounts at Canada Post and publishers will no longer be required to use Canada Post's Publication Mail. Subsidized mailing costs through the PAP will end on March 31, 2010.
Aid to Publishers
The Aid to Publishers component provides funding to eligible Canadian print magazines and non-daily newspapers calculated using a formula based on copies distributed over a year. Publishers are able to use funding to support the creation of content, production, distribution, online activities, or business development.
For more detailed program information including eligibility criteria, please see:
Aid to Publishers Application Guide, 2010-2011
Special application system for the program’s first year
Two application processes will be used in 2010-2011. Please read the following to see which process applies to you. This system is only available for 2010-2011 and in future years all applicants will use the standard process.
A. Special “one time-only” process for current recipients of the CMF and the PAP
Current PAP and CMF recipients, which are listed here, will be invited by email to apply using a special attestation form.
If your publication is listed as a current recipient, do not use the standard application form. Wait for the invitation to apply by email.
If your publication is listed as a current recipient and you do not receive an email by January 25, 2010, please contact us before the deadline.
More information about this special application process is available in part C of the Aid to Publishers Application Guide and in the email sent to current recipients.
B. Standard Aid to Publishers process for all other applicants
If your publication is not listed as a current recipient, you may apply using the standard application process described in part D of the Aid to Publishers Application Guide and the standard Aid to Publishers Application Form.
Aid to Publishers Application Form, 2010-2011
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December 14, 2009
56th Annual KRW Awards
For the first time in its 56-year history, the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards will be co-produced by the Canadian Business Press and Magazines Canada. This partnership will provide a broader, deeper and more truly national platform for the celebration of bilingual excellence in Canada's Business Press.
A Governing Board that includes representatives from across the industry and working with Barbara Gould & Associates—the same firm that has produced the National Magazine Awards for 5 years—has been mandated to reassess every aspect of the awards program and to ensure that it meets the same high standards that Canada's business editors bring to all of their publications, websites and audiences.
New to the 56th Annual KRWs is the prestigious Magazine of the Year award, which will recognize the publication that best displays overall excellence in content and design, that most consistently mirrors its mandate/mission, and that most effectively engages and serves the needs of its readers.
Four new Internet categories have been introduced in order to better recognize the importance of online activities in the engagement and service of the business industry’s audiences. And an award for Best One-of-a-Kind Article has been added to make the competition inclusive and allow for entries that are not easily classified.
We will continually strive to ensure the judging process is fair and transparent. Please take the time to read the complete list of revised rules and the description of the judging process. If you have any suggestions on how to make the awards program even better, or you would like to volunteer your time as a judge or committee member, please email us at staff@krwawards.com.
We encourage you to enter—and enter often. All members and non-members of the industry are welcome to submit. The early-bird entry fees are $100 each. Then join us to celebrate excellence when the KRWs are presented this June as part of the MagNet conference.
John W Kerr Jr. Co-chair Governing Board KRW Awards On behalf of Canadian Business Press |
John Milne Co-chair Governing Board KRW Awards On behalf of Magazines Canada |
About the Submission Process
The submissions process for the KRW awards will commence on January 4, 2010. Please review the Categories and Guidelines before submitting. Find out more about the Submissions Process.
There are 21 total categories under the divisions Writing, Visual, Internet and Special. Gold and Silver awards will be granted in each category. Gold awards carry a cash prize of $1000. Silver awards carry a cash prize of $500.
The submission deadline is February 8, 2010 at 5pm Eastern Time and all submissions must be received in their entirety to be eligible. Applications received after 5pm on February 8 will not be accepted.
All entries must be delivered to the KRW Awards c/o Canadian Business Press at 4195 Dundas Street West, Suite 346, Toronto, ON, M8X 1Y4. |
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December 9, 2009
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In memory of ITWorld Canada President
ANDREW J. WHITE
April 1956 - December 2009 |
With profound sadness we announce the passing of Andrew J White, President of ITWorldCanada Inc after an 18 month battle with cancer. Andy has been the President and COO of ITWorldCanada for 20 years. Ever the optimist Andy never saw a mountain he couldn't climb and he took his fight for his health in the same positive frame of mind he evoked in his business life. To the very end Andy kept his wonderful (well British) sense of humour and his focus on what was most important. "Andy, joined the ITWorld Canada family in 1989 when we were called Laurentian Technomedia and we owned one lonely little computer magazine called Computerdata which hardly got noticed in our stable of retail business books," said Michael Atkins. "He took control and built ITWorldCanada Inc. into the pre-eminent Canadian IT B to B media house it is today. Early on, Andy recognized the unavoidable transition of our publishing company from a print based business to a digital business and positioned ITWorldCanada to be the leader. Today web sales at ITWorld Canada outstrip print sales.
"Always an innovator, Andy loved the challenge of business and worked long hours but when he returned home to Brighton Ontario each night it was all family and of course his beloved dogs Bear and Dickens," added Atkins.
Andy is survived by wife Doni, children & step children Amanda (husband Matt), Michael, Zach & Keely, grandchildren Luke & Gwen, brother Richard (wife Fiona), and mother & and stepfather Eileen & Brian and of course the entire team here at ITWorldCanada.
"Andy was ambitious, loving, impatient, bright, thoughtful, competitive, responsible, funny and always with that irresistible twinkle in his eyes. Andy loved to have fun. He wasn't everybody's cup of tea. But if he was your cup of tea you would do anything for him. The most remarkable thing about Andy is that he grew every year I knew him," said Atkins.
"He was an extraordinary man and his courage in the face of adversity was breathtaking. He will be terribly missed and never forgotten.
"All of us at ItWorldCanada intend to continue to be loving, impatient, bright, thoughtful, competitive, responsible, and funny and occasionally will try the twinkle. He taught us well and would expect nothing less from us," said Atkins.
Michael Atkins, Chairman and principal shareholder in ItworldCanada Inc. assumes Andy's position as President, with Fawn Annan VP of Operations and Chief Strategist and Joe Tersigni VP and Group Publisher continuing their senior operating roles in the company.
Questions may be directed to any of the above.
Michael Atkins
Chairman, ITWorldCanada Inc.
416 290 0240
matkins@itworldcanada.com
jtersigni@itworldcanada.com
fannan@itworldcanada.com |
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