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18 Oct

Roundup: Newsweek to cease print publication, go digital-only in 2013

<script src="http://storify.com/jsource/newsweek-to-cease-print-edition-at-the-end-of-2012.js?header=false&border=false"></script><noscript>[<a href="http://storify.com/jsource/newsweek-to-cease-print-edition-at-the-end-of-2012" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the story "Newsweek to cease print edition at the end of 2012" on Storify</a>]<h1>Newsweek to cease print edition at the end of 2012</h1><h2></h2><p>Storified by J-Source · Thu, Oct 18 2012 12:17:08</p>

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18 Oct

Recap: CJF J-Talk with editors on reinventing the modern newspaper

<p>J-Source was at the sold-out CJF J-Talk on reinventing modern newspapers on Thursday evening. <strong>Lou Clancy</strong>, vice-president of editorial and editor-in-chief of Postmedia News; <strong>Michael Cooke</strong>, editor of the Toronto Star; <strong>Charlotte Empey</strong>, editor-in-chief of Metro English Canada; and <strong>John Stackhouse</strong>, editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail discussed the latest challenges to journalism and strategies to save the news business. <strong>Scott White</strong>, editor-in-chief of The Canadian Press, moderated.</p>

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18 Oct

J-Links: CRTC to rule on Bell-Astral merger; Canadian journos top social media list; #bindersfullofwomen

<p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet tw-align-center"><p>With the right link this time: CRTC to rule on proposed Bell-Astral merger at 4 p.m. today <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/17/crtc-chair-to-rule-on-bell-astral-merge" title="http://bit.ly/WEoNrM">bit.ly/WEoNrM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23JLinks">#JLinks</a></p>— J-Source (@jsource) <a data-datetime="2012-10-18T15:22:33+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/jsource/status/258951206288900096">October 18, 2012</a></blockquote><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p> </p>

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17 Oct

Move over Twitter: poll finds Canadians still watching, reading and listening to ‘old media’

<p>Canadians continue to most frequently turn to traditional platforms for their daily news despite the emergence of new online methods of consuming news, according to a new poll released Wednesday.</p><p>Data from the poll, conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of The Canadian Journalism Foundation, also shows that nearly 40 per cent of Canadians consider themselves to highly-engaged news consumers who check on the news frequently via a number of different sources.</p>

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17 Oct

Q&A with CUP president Sam Brooks

<p><em>Canadian University Press president Sam Brooks spoke with <strong>Eric Mark Do </strong>about the student press’ unique editorial voice, the Francophone representation in CUP and why its member papers find themselves facing the same challenges as newspapers across North America.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>J-Source: What do you think the role of CUP is in the development of student journalism, and in the ever-changing journalism industry as a whole?</strong></p>

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16 Oct

Peter Mansbridge goes Gangnam Style for Stratford Shakespeare Festival

<p>Turns out CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge can rock the horse dance with the best of them.</p>

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16 Oct

J-Links: Changes to National Post print edition; Advice to Hubert Lacroix; U.S. election in sound bites

<p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet tw-align-center"><p>Changes to print ed. of National Post include merging Sports and Arts & Life sections, fewer stock listings <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/16/changes-to-the-print-edition-of-the-post/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" title="http://natpo.st/SZjP35">natpo.st/SZjP35</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23JLinks">#JLinks</a></p>

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16 Oct

The Globe and Mail to launch paywall on Oct. 22

<p> </p><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> will launch a paywall on Oct. 22, charging non-print subscribers who wish to access more than 10 articles a month on theglobeandmail.com.</p><p>The paywall — as well as a few details about it, including the fact that it would be taking a metered approach — was <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/globe-and-mail-move-behind-metered-paywall-fall">announced in May</a>, but the costs and specifics surrounding it had not been publicly available until today.</p>

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16 Oct

Full transcript with Globe and Mail publisher Phillip Crawley on forthcoming paywall

<p> </p><p><em>The following is the full transcript of Belinda Alzner's interview with </em>The Globe and Mail<em> publisher Phillip Crawley on the newspaper's upcoming implementation of a paywall.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>J-Source: First I’d like to talk about the logistics of the paywall. What is going to count as a “read article”? Is it a click on an article, or is it counted after a certain amount of time that is spent on the page?</strong></p>

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15 Oct

Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union votes to merge with Canadian Auto Workers

<p> </p><p>The Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada has <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cep-union-votes-to-merge-with-caw/article4613286/?cmpid=rss1">voted to merge</a> with the Canadian Auto Workers, creating Canada’s largest private sector union.</p><p>According to the <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cep-union-votes-to-merge-with-caw/article4613286/?cmpid=rss1">Canadian Press</a>, the new union will represent more than 300,000 workers in around 20 sectors of the economy.</p>

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