''MoneySense'' is a Canadian online personal finance and lifestyle magazine published by Ratehub.

History and profile

''MoneySense'' was founded by

Rogers Media Rogers Media Inc., operating as Rogers Sports & Media, is a Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications that owns the company's mass media and sports properties. Operations Current television brands owned by Rogers include two television sys ...

in 1999 and started publishing in September 1999. It covers articles on personal finance and targets both men and women. In 2009 ''MoneySense'' launched a new website to distinguish its brand within Rogers Publishing and to address navigation challenges their customers were having with the old site. The site launch was sponsored by TD Canada Trust. Prior to this, ''MoneySense'' was merged with the ''

Canadian Business ''Canadian Business'' is the longest-publishing business magazine based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and founded in 1927. The print edition terminated in the end of 2016. Beginning in January 2017, the magazine was published online only. In Octob ...

'' and ''Profit'' under the CB Online brand banner. In 2016 Rogers Media announced it was moving four publications, including ''Moneysense'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Canadian Business'' to a digital, online format. A significant cut back to its publishing division. The print edition was terminated in December 2016 and since January 2017, it has been published only online. In 2018 it was reported that Rogers was looking to sell MoneySense along with Maclean's, Canadian Business, Today's Parent, Hello! Canada, Flare and Chatelaine in a single bundle. This was announced approximately two months after approximately 75 people were laid off. Rogers sold the publication to Ratehub, a Toronto-based financial technology company, in 2018."Rogers Media sells MoneySense to Ratehub"
CBC News, 29 November 2018.

References

External links

Official site
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