Ken Whyte

For the Scottish poet, see Kenneth White.

Kenneth "Ken" Whyte (born 1960) is a Canadian newspaper and magazine editor and an executive at Rogers.

Early life and career

Whyte was born in Winnipeg and was raised in Alberta. Whyte began his journalism career at the Sherwood Park News in Alberta. In the mid-1980s, he worked at the Alberta Report, a weekly news magazine. He was later appointed an executive editor of the magazine.

Whyte was hired by Conrad Black to work at Saturday Night, first as national editor and later as editor-in-chief. In 1998, two years before the magazine's demise, Black hired him as the founding editor of the National Post. After Canwest purchased the newspaper, Whyte was fired from his position.

Rogers

In 2005, Whyte was hired by Rogers Publishing, a subsidiary of Rogers Communications. He was appointed as the publisher of the weekly Maclean's newsmagazine in February 2005. During his tenure, the magazine published more tabloid type covers. In 2009, Whyte was appointed as publisher for the Rogers-owned Chatelaine, a women's lifestyle magazine. During his first year at the magazine, its circulation dropped below its main competitor Canadian Living for the first time in its history. He was later named President of Rogers Publishing. In 2013, Whyte left Rogers Publishing and was named as President of Rogers-owned Next Issue Canada's. In 2014, Whyte was appointed as senior vice-president of public policy for Rogers.