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4 May

RSS not reliable source of news, study finds

RSS feeds aren’t the best way to getthe latest contentfrom most news outlets, a recent study has found. The study, released by The International Center for Media and the Public […]

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3 May

More reporters tell their LA rally stories

The Los Angeles Times reports that some media outlets are considering taking action against the LAPD after several reporters suffered injuries during a May 1 immigration rally.

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3 May

Libel suits put online free speech at risk

CommentaryA pair of recently filed defamation suits have the potential to reshape free speech on the Internet in Canada, Internet law expert Michael Geist warns in this Ottawa Citizen commentary […]

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3 May

Media lessons from VA Tech

Editor & Publisher’s Steve Outing reviews coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre and makes the following claims: “Traditional media have a hard time reporting outside of their own boxes, and […]

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3 May

FOX reporter shoved by LAPD

A FOX News reporter and videographer were among those that LAPD officers shoved around when they swept into crowds towards the end of May Day immigration marches in Los Angeles. […]

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2 May

G&M exposes government’s heavy-handed editing

After complaints to the Access to Information Commissioner, the government released a heavily-edited version of a Foreign Affairs report entitled “Afghanistan-2006; Good Governance, Democratic Development and Human Rights.” Paul Koring […]

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2 May

June 3-6, 2007: World Newspaper Congress

More than 1,500 newspaper publishers, chief executives, managing directors, editors and other newspaper professionals are expected to attend the 60th World Newspaper Congress, 14th World Editors Forum and Info Services […]

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2 May

Magazine/newspaper hybrid wave of the future?

Paris, 25 April 2007For immediate release A new Austrian daily blurs the lines between newspapers and magazines, and some say this is the future for newspapers in general. Gert Edlinger, […]

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2 May

Transcon buys two Sask weeklies

The Montreal-based media company Transcontinental Inc. has bought two Saskatchewan weekly newspapers: Grenfell Sun and Broadview Express.

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1 May

June 15: National Magazine Awards Gala

The National Magazine Awards Foundation celebrates the 30th anniversary of its awards gala, to be held this year at the Carlu in Toronto on June 15. A full list of […]

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