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May 18, 2006

Dose is dead. Meh.

Canwest's print bid for the Canadian youth market, Dose, is no more. The plug got yanked yesterday on the print edition of the paper, though it will survive as a website. Personally, I thought it was a fairly well-put together, slick little rag, which isn't surprising since it was more or less the pet project of one of the Canwest poobah's children. But it wasn't anything I'd read on a daily basis.

Full disclosure: I used to work for the Vancouver edition of Metro, one of Dose's competitors, and I occassionally do a little freelance work for them.

4 comment(s) so far (Post your own)

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On May 18, 2006 12:54 PM, Roland Tanglao said:

very funny :-) !
Metro is partially owned by CanWest just to let you know!

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On May 18, 2006 1:35 PM, Warren Frey said:

Roland: Yep, I know, I was in the office when word came down right before launch day. :)

Pema: thanks! That'll be a neat peek into the life of Dose, once I can find time to check it out.


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On May 19, 2006 12:02 PM, kk+ said:

didn't see dose dropping off first.

yay for less garbage around the city! :)

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On May 20, 2006 10:57 AM, Pugnat said:

Dose was definitely garbage. Glad to see it gone.

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