«The abrupt closure of the #MetroMedia group, which includes more than twenty hyperlocal publications in #Montreal & #QuebecCity, is a real "atom bomb" for local news, according to several observers of the #Quebec #media landscape.

Shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Friday, the company's president and CEO, #AndrewMulé, announced to his employees, colleagues and collaborators "the immediate suspension of operations of Métro, all (its) newspapers and (its) #community websites."»

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/an-atomic-bomb-for-local-news-metro-media-shuts-down-all-publications-1.6515921