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6 Jun

Seamus O’Regan quietly left CTV National News

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Seamus-Twitter.PNG" title="" />If you’re wondering why <a href="https://twitter.com/SeamusORegan">Seamus O’Regan</a> is now filling in on <a href="http://www.newstalk1010.com/Episodes.aspx?PID=1756">Astral’s Newstalk 1010 shows</a>, it’s because the CTV National correspondent left the show last year.</p>

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6 Jun

Diving star Alexandre Despatie joins Joanne Vrakas as host of City Montreal’s new Breakfast Television show

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/CityMontreal.PNG" title="" /><span style="text-align: center;">Two-time Olympic silver medallist Alexandre Despatie and former CBC Montreal television journalist Joanne Vrakas have been named hosts of City Montreal’s new Breakfast Television show.</span></p>

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6 Jun

Live blog of MagNet2013 Conference: Generating Publicity—The Right Way

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6 Jun

Former Halifax Chronicle Herald managing editor Jane Purves has died

<p>Former Nova Scotia cabinet minister and journalist Jane Purves died at age 63 on June 1, the <a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1133267-purves-former-cabinet-minister-herald-managing-editor-dies-at-63"><em>Halifax Chronicle Herald</em> reported</a>.</p>

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6 Jun

Cottage Life wins big at CSME Awards

<p><br /><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/csme2013 (2).jpg" title="" /></p><p><em>Photo courtesy of CSME. L-R: Aaron Spitzer, Up Here; Penny Caldwell, Cottage Life; Diane Peters, Precedent; Simone Castello, Canadian Living; Karen Eull, Fresh Juice</em></p>

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6 Jun

90 postes coupés chez TVA

<p><strong>L’annonce a surpris tout le monde hier matin. Par voix de communiqué, Pierre Dion, président et chef de la direction du groupe, annonçait 90 coupures de postes chez TVA, soit 4,5% des effectifs. Peu d’informations ont filtré depuis. Mais une chose est sure, c’est une mauvaise nouvelle de plus qui s’abat sur le milieu des médias québécois.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/logo1-tva_0.jpg" title="" /></p>

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6 Jun

Live blog from MagNet2013 Conference: Health, Science And Medical Writing With Accuracy

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5 Jun

French CBC changes name from Radio-Canada to ICI

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Radio-Canada.jpg" title="" /></p><p>French-language CBC is changing its name from Radio-Canada to “ICI,” which means ‘here’ in French.</p>

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5 Jun

Toronto Star radio room internship remains in-house; interns take 32 per cent pay cut

<p>The Toronto Star's radio room program is staying in-house after the union negotiated a 32 per cent pay cut for the interns. </p><p>"The hourly rate for the students working in the radio room will now be $17, down from about $25 in the old contract," the <a href="http://www.song.on.ca/files/SONG%20Sheet%20May%2021(1).pdf">union bulletin </a>said. "As well, vacation, overtime and holidays will be governed by the Employment Standards Act, rather than the contract. The students will, however, continue to have full union protection on matters of discipline, etc."</p>

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5 Jun

End of an era: Shocking amount of great talent leaves The Globe and Mail

<p><strong>By Dan Westell</strong></p><p>When J-Source published on May 31 the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/official-list-globe-and-mail-staff-who-took-buyouts">list</a> of 64 <em>Globe</em> employees who are taking the most recent buyout, it forced me to recognize that my history with the paper was coming to a close.</p><p>I left in 1995 for what eventually tuned into a browner pasture at the <em>National Post</em>, but the newsroom where I grew up was the <em>Globe</em>’s in the 1980s. With the buyout, a core group of my contemporaries is leaving.</p>

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