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15 Mar

Hamilton Spectator leads ONA nominations

<p>The Hamilton Spectator dominated the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations with 21 finalists, followed by the Windsor Star with 16 nods and the Waterloo Region Record with 15. The winners will be announced on April 27 in Waterloo.</p><div><p>Here is the complete list of the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations for 2013.</p>

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14 Mar

La critique culturelle perd-elle du terrain?

<p> </p><p><em>Par Samuel Larochelle</em></p><p><strong>L’espace rédactionnel qui ne cesse de diminuer. Les pré-papiers qui prennent plus d’espace que les critiques. Certains lecteurs qui ne font pas la différence entre une entrevue et une opinion. La presse culturelle doit conjuguer avec un lot d’obstacles semaine après semaine. Christian Saint-Pierre, critique de théâtre depuis 14 ans, et Marc-André Lussier, critique de cinéma depuis 18 ans, nous livrent leur vision du métier.  </strong></p>

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14 Mar

Péladeau stepping down as Quebecor CEO

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Quebecor announced several changes at its executive level with Pierre Karl Péladeau stepping down as CEO of Quebecor Inc. He will be replaced by the president of the Videotron telecommunications division Robert Dépatie. </p>

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14 Mar

Pierre-Karl Péladeau quitte le poste de PDG de Québecor

<p>Pierre-Karl Péladeau quitte le poste de président et chef de la direction de Québecor, l'entreprise fondée par son père. Il occupait ce poste depuis 14 ans. </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Peladeau2_0.jpg" title="" /></p>

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14 Mar

Victoria Times Colonist publisher Bob McKenzie steps down

<p> </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-size: 1.14258em; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Cambria, Utopia, 'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bob McKenzie, the publisher of the Victoria Times Colonist since 2004, <a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/times-colonist-publisher-bob-mckenzie-steps-down-1.81305">announced</a> on Tuesday that he was stepping down.</p>

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13 Mar

TC Media launches new Quebec women’s magazine; Sylvie Poirier named editor-in-chief of Véro

<p><span style="font-size: 10px;">Sylvie Poirier was named the editor-in-chief of Véro, a new Quebec quarterly women's magazine that will hit newsstands in Quebec starting next fall. </span></p><p>Véro, short for Veronique, is a partnership between French Canadian radio personality <a href="http://www.veroniquecloutier.com/accueil" style="font-size: 10px;">Véronique Cloutier</a> and <span style="font-size: 10px;">TC Media</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">.</span></p>

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13 Mar

Gallery: Global Maritimes opens new studio in Halifax

<p>Global Maritimes opened a new studio in Halifax in February. <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/50229/top-weather-stories/photogallerytopweather1/">Here</a> are some photos of the location. </p><p> </p>

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13 Mar

Canadian startup Media Spot Me launches; helps journalists find experts

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>When <a href="https://twitter.com/StavrosRougas">Stavros Rougas</a> was a producer at "The Agenda" in Toronto, he says his biggest challenge was chasing down authorative experts to appear on the show. </p><p>"It was always a risk - you never knew whether they were the best in the field, if they were media-savvy," he says. </p>

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13 Mar

Toronto Star experiments with ebook subscription model

<p><em>This is part one of a two-part feature on ebooks in the newspaper industry. Read <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/newspapers-experimenting-ebook-content-subscription-models" target="_blank" rel="noopener">part two</a> for a look at the type of content that is being produced, and what the future holds for ebooks. </em></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p><p><em>The Toronto Star </em>is testing the ebook market with a dedicated subscription model — something no other newspaper in Canada has tried yet.</p>

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13 Mar

Globe and Mail leads nominations in the National Newspaper Awards

<p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> leads all newspapers in Canada with 15 nominations in the National Newspaper Awards competition, followed by 12 for <em>La Presse</em> with 12 and the <em>Toronto Star</em> with nine.</p><p>The 72 finalists from all categories were announced Wednesday in Toronto from a pool of 1,430 entries for work published in 2012.</p><p>The winners for all 22 categories will be announced at an awards ceremony in Ottawa at the Canadian War Museum on May 3. Winners will receive cheques for $1,000 and a certificate of award. Runners-up receive citations of merit.</p>

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