Kenneth Whyte (born August 12, 1960) is a Canadian newspaper and magazine editor. He has been publisher of the weekly Maclean's newsmagazine since March 2005. He is also president of Rogers Publishing Limited.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. Whyte began his career in journalism as a sports reporter at the Sherwood Park News. He joined Alberta Report as a reporter in the mid-1980s and later served as executive editor o...
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Kenneth Whyte (born August 12, 1960) is a Canadian newspaper and magazine editor. He has been publisher of the weekly Maclean's newsmagazine since March 2005. He is also president of Rogers Publishing Limited.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. Whyte began his career in journalism as a sports reporter at the Sherwood Park News. He joined Alberta Report as a reporter in the mid-1980s and later served as executive editor of the magazine. In 1994, Whyte was appointed editor of Saturday Night, Canada's leading monthly magazine. In 1998, he was named editor-in-chief of the newly launched national newspaper National Post. In 2003 Whyte left the Post and became a visiting scholar in media and public policy at McGill University. He is a member of the board of governors of the Donner Canadian Foundation, a senior fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto, a trustee of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, a co-founder of the McGill Observatory in...
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