Top Digital Media Companies in Vancouver

Daily Hive was founded in 2008 by Karm Sumal and Manny Bahia. Formerly called Vancity Buzz, the online newspaper was acquired by ZoomerMedia in 2022. By 2016, it became Western Canada’s largest online-only news source, which is when the publication expanded nationally. In 2019, it expanded into the US market. Daily Hive features pieces in verticals such as sports, events, travel, real estate, news, architecture, and others.

As the name implies, Good e-Reader is focused on covering everything related to e-readers, as well as audiobooks. The digital publication offers its users news, product reviews, and top e-reader picks. Users can also browse through and shop a variety of mobile and e-reader products and accessories. According to Good e-Reader, the average female visitor is 32-39 years old; the average male visitor is 24-34 years old.

The Georgia Straight, founded in 1967 as an underground newspaper, is a weekly news and entertainment newspaper and website. Owned by Overstory Media Group, it is categorized as an alternative newspaper. On the website, The Georgia Straight publishes articles around culture, arts, food and drink, music, film and TV, and living, as well as a calendar of local events, guide to best of Vancouver.

The Vancouver Sun is a daily broadsheet-format newspaper and online news publication. It was established in 1912, and is the second most read newspaper in British Columbia. On the website, it publishes daily articles covering news, arts, life, sports, opinion, business, shopping, and more, as well as offers users gamified experiences via puzzles. Vancouver Sun is owned by Postmedia Network.

ElectricBikeReview.com (EBR) was launched in 2010. EBR publishes daily pieces for users who are interested in or looking to purchase electric bycicles. The website features bike reviews, lists of best bikes in various categories, a comparison tool, and ebike forums. Additionally, EBR offers a directory of local electric bike shops – the largest, most diverse, and detailed listing service for electric bicycle shops,” according to the publisher. In March 2024, it was sold to the owners of ElectricBikeReport.com.

Business in Vancouver (BIV) was established in 1989 by Peter Ladner. It’s a weekly business news journal. BIV is owned by Glacier Media. On the website, users will find news and opinions in categories like transportation, real estate, technology, environment, economy, human resources, marketing, and more. BIV also publishes multiple magazines per year – e.g., Property Managers’ Source Book 2004, Forty Under 40, etc. Finally, BIV hosts a number of annual events: C-Suite Awards, Influential Women in Business, and others.

Established in 2011, The Digital Project Manager is an online destination for everything related to digital project management: how-to guides, tools, tips, inspiration, and more. In addition to the articles and videos, The Digital Project Manager offers podcasts, training, a community, and a job board. It won the “Best Digital Publication” award from the Content Marketing Institute in 2022.

604 Now was established in 2011. It’s a website dedicated to news and happenings in metro Vancouver. The digital publisher focuses primarily on categories like events, food, pop culture, and nightlife. It offers its readers guides on local festivals, things to do during weekends, movie updates, and a calendar of local events.

Launched in 2008 by Richard Wolak – a food, taveel and lifestyle writer – Vanvouver Foodster is a website that publishes guides to the Vancouver food scene. The articles offer advice on restaurants, travel news, reviews of new foods, and more. It also features a calendar of food-related events, a New Restaurant Alert service, and a podcast.

Scout Magazine was established in 2008. It is a website dedicated to food and culture in Vancouver. It publishes daily articles that profile local artists, review restaurants, put a spotlight on local coffee shops, etc. The Book Club section offers reviews of books; the Guides section provides readers with tips on coolest bars, best late-night eats, and other things to see, try, and taste in Vancouver.

The Discourse was established in 2014 and has since grown into a network of local news outlets – Discourse Community Publishing. It operates in a digital format. The Discourse covers local issues across Cowichan Valley, southern Alberta, Francophone Quebec and Indigenous communities in the Okanagan Valley and Vancouver Island. The Discourse has won multiple awards for its journalism, including seven Canadian Online Publishing Awards.

Suite101 was launched in 1996. It offers articles, DIY ideas, and step-by-step guides in categories like home and garden, how to, food, lifestyle, and business and finance. The Inspiration section of the website offers ideas for interior design of various rooms.

“Revealing the truths about the stock market” is the tagline of Equedia Investment Research. On the website, it offers in-depth pieces in verticals like commodities and resource, investment ideas, lithium, news and politics, untold truths, metals and mining, and others. The Equedia Letter is the newsletter of the publication.

Established in 2005, Kitsilano.ca is a hyper-local site dedicated to the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver. It offers its readers articles covering local news, tips on where to eat and shop in the neighbourhood, advice on where to stay, what to visit, and where to work out, and more. Kitsilano.ca also features a real estate section – a listing and updates in the sector.