The  shake-up at 444 Front Street is rumoured to be a result of former Globe and Mail Editor-in-Chief, Edward Greenspon’s, refusal to fire newsroom staff.

My short take on this development at the Globe:  I’m hopeful for a return to a more robust Globe and Mail.  I think Stackhouse can bring their editorial page motto back to life:  “The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures.”  Expect a lot of change in the coming months at Canada’s “national” newspaper.

Coverage roundup

Globe and Mail
Bloomberg
CBC
The Canadian Press
Associated Press
Toronto Star
Torontoist

Paul Wells, well-known Globe critic, comments on the memo sent out by publisher Phil Crawley.  Wells had the story straight from the Globe newsroom and posted at MacLeans.ca by 11:17am.

The Facts

• replacing former long-time Ottawa G & M staffer, Edward Greenspon (editor since 2002)
• previously editor of Report on Business
• well-known for his eight days spent on the streets of Toronto for an immersive feature on being homeless
• former foreign correspondent (based in India and reporting from more than 40 countries); Stackhouse actually started at the Globe as a “newspaper boy” when he was 9
• one of William Thorsell’s hires
• he is a former student journalist; was editor of the Queen’s Journal
• told the Ryerson Journalism Review:  “I don’t do what I do to change government policy.  I’m just trying to help my readers understand and try to understand things better myself.”
• as Kirk Lapointe, (Managing editor of the Vancouver Sun), notes Stackhouse is open to “all types of innovations in the years ahead — whether it’s pay-per-use, or pay-per-view or click models – that I think we’d be eager to try out.”