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19 Oct

Why Rob Ford should thank the media in his acceptance speech

Torontonians are bracing themselves. Election night is only thirteen days away. On the left, there are whispers of a mutiny if Rob Ford becomes mayor. Yes, it really is that […]

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19 Oct

Howard Kurtz leaves WaPo for “more nimble” Daily Beast

After 29 years at the Washington Post, media critic and platform juggler Howard Kurtz decamped to the online-only Daily Beast. Is this the start of a shift of talent away […]

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19 Oct

So this is the new Globe?

Thanks to Ivor Shapiro for sending this: Search for Rob Ford on the Globe and Mail‘s web site and you get this link to a column printed in the Saturday […]

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18 Oct

Live blog and Twitter reporting of Colonel William’s trial intrigues and disgusts readers

Readers could follow the graphic testimony almost live on Monday as Col. Russell Williams pleaded guilty to murder, sexual assault and break-ins at a Belleville, Ont. court. But according to some […]

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18 Oct

Indépendance des journalistes: les Québécois ont des doutes

Les Québécois manifestent une grande méfiance quant à l’indépendance des journalistes, selon le Baromètre des médias 2010 de la Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme de l’Université d’Ottawa. En […]

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18 Oct

Winners announced for Western Magazine Awards

Geist snapped up magazine of the year at the Western Magazine Awards, while Enterprise won trade magazine of the year at the annual event. The award ceremony was held on […]

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18 Oct

Print isn’t dead, but maybe it’s elite: Globe publisher Phillip Crawley

Print isn’t dead, but it may become a status symbol for the affluent elite, Globe and Mail publisher and CEO Phillip Crawley told a panel of newspaper heavyweights at a […]

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17 Oct

Reporter sponsored Haiti kids because “I am a human being first.”

Readers of the Toronto Star, inspired by the example of reporter Catherine Porter in sponsoring the education of three-year-old Lovely Avelus and of her cousin and friend, pitched in to […]

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17 Oct

Chilean mine swarm: the taxi drivers did well

The rescue of the Chilean miners became a ‘made for TV’ event, causing some journalists to ask: Have we gone too far? With some 2,000 reporters on the scene, it […]

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15 Oct

Le Buzz: Tout le monde en parle

Chaque vendredi, «le Buzz» revient sur les trois textes qui ont attiré le plus votre attention en piochant dans nos tweets et nos articles sur la base de nos statistiques. […]

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