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9 May

Mistrial denied in Black case

The lawyers for Conrad Black asked for a mistrial, accusing the prosecution of appealing to the jury on the basis of “class prejudice,” Canadian Press reports via CBC.The judge denied […]

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9 May

La “valeur ajoutée” de l’information financière

Analyse de l’acquisition de Reuters par Thomson, gracieuseté de l’émission L’heure des comptes.

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8 May

Reuters offer worth $17.6 billion

Thomson and Reuters confirmedthat they are working on a plan that would see Thomson buy Reuters for $17.6 billion, Reuters Canada reports. Under the terms of the proposal, Reuters chief […]

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7 May

CBC host discusses accountability

The host of CBC Radio’s “The Current,” Anna Maria Tremonti, reflects on the state of accountability in journalism, both overseas and in Canada. The Embassy piece ran shortly after Tremonti […]

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7 May

AP reporter among dead in plane crash

An Associated Press reporter who was one of 114 people to die in a plane crash in Cameroon on the weekend is remembered in a colleague’s story as a dogged […]

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7 May

The history of the web in under five minutes

This video titled “The Maching is Us/Using Us,” created and uploaded to YouTubeby Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, summarizes the development of the web […]

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6 May

Are student newspapers a dying breed ?

While university and communitynewspapers are thriving across North America, high school newspapers are going the way of the buffalo in many U.S. States. T.S. Mills-Faraudo investigates the impact of theirdecline […]

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4 May

Just whose rights come first?

by Kendyl SalcitoRight before Rob Westie told me his protest group would go to war against the provincial government in British Columbia, he assured me, “We’re not anarchist.” That was […]

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4 May

NY Times names new public editor

The New York Times has named Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Clark Hoyt as its new public editor, beginning May 14 for a term oftwo years. He will be the third person […]

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4 May

Thomson to take over Reuters?

Canadian media mogul Thomson Corp. has approached Reuters with a takeover bid, reports the Globe & Mail. Sources deny that the move is in response to News Corp.’s recent Dow […]

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