Zane Schwartz

Senior Reporter

Zane Schwartz was a reporter at The Logic. Previously at the National Post and Maclean’s, he was the 2017 Michelle Lang Fellow in Journalism, building a searchable database of five million political donations. He won a Data Journalism Award from the Global Editors Network in 2018 for the project. In both 2017 and 2018 he won the Goff Penny Award, given to the best young newspaper journalist in Canada. In 2019, he won the Project of the Year award from the National Newspaper Awards and was named the Best Young Journalist by the Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.

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Articles by Zane Schwartz

COVID-19 roundup: Airbnb cuts 25 per cent of global staff

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-airbnb-cuts-25-per-cent-of-global-staff/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | May 5, 2020

The layoffs come as the company projected 2020 revenue to be less than half of the US$4.8 billion brought in last year

Briefing

Kitchener, Ont.’s ApplyBoard raises $100 million at $2-billion valuation

https://thelogic.co/briefing/kitchener-ont-s-applyboard-raises-100-million-at-2-billion-valuation/

By Zane Schwartz | May 5, 2020

COVID-19 roundup: Vancouver-based Amazon VP quits in labour protest

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-vancouver-based-amazon-vp-quits-in-labour-protest/

By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Catherine McIntyre | May 4, 2020

Tim Bray, a prominent Canadian engineer and a vice-president at Amazon Web Services, has resigned, citing the company’s firings of employees who spoke out against its environmental record and handling of COVID-19

Venture capital funding down seven per cent in first quarter to $834 million nationwide

https://thelogic.co/news/why-axis/venture-capital-funding-down-seven-per-cent-in-first-quarter-to-834-million-nationwide/

By Zane Schwartz | May 4, 2020

Most first-quarter money was raised in January

Ottawa removes SR&ED roadblock after delay of nearly $200 million for tech firms

https://thelogic.co/news/ottawa-removes-sred-roadblock-after-delay-of-nearly-200-million-for-tech-firms/

By Zane Schwartz | May 1, 2020

Existing audits will be ‘completed as soon as possible’

COVID-19 roundup: Return of the Macklem

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-return-of-the-macklem/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | May 1, 2020

COVID-19 roundup: It ain’t easy being Amazon

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-it-aint-easy-being-amazon/

By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz, Catherine McIntyre and Martin Patriquin | Apr 30, 2020

Amazon’s stock fell five per cent after the bell on Thursday, after missing Wall Street’s earnings expectations in its first quarter

COVID-19 roundup: ‘Signs of stability’ in Big Tech earnings

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-signs-of-stability-in-big-tech-earnings/

By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | Apr 29, 2020

Facebook slightly exceeded expectations in its first quarter, with revenue of US$17.74 billion, ahead of the US$17.48-billion consensus estimate

COVID-19 roundup: Shopify sets up Shop

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-shopify-sets-up-shop/

By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | Apr 28, 2020

The firm suspended its guidance for 2020 revenues on April 1, citing “uncertainty surrounding the duration and magnitude of COVID-19.” But traffic to its merchants’ sites has surged as self-isolated consumers buy online.