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10 Aug

Canadian mags see circ decline

Most of the 75 Canadian publications that responded to the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ survey reported decreases or staid circulation numbers. There are a few exceptions: Hello! Canada and Maclean’s, […]

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10 Aug

China: State of disarray

Chinese stations in Canada well serve their audience with popular fare from Hong Kong and the People’s Republic. Why the same can’t be said of their amateur news shows. This […]

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10 Aug

Riot act: extreme journalism

Swiss journalist Dominik Bärlocher, who covers the riot beat at his newspaper, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at a day covering a nasty football riot – including face-punching, macing and […]

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10 Aug

Thomson Reuters acquires Canada Law Book

Thomson Reuters, owner of legal magazine Lexpert, has acquired Canada Law Book, the producer of various legal trade magazines. Canada Law Book is a division of Cartwright Group Ltd., which […]

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10 Aug

Rogers partners with Torstar

Rogers Communications has partnered with Torstar Corp. in developing their online publishing system TOPS. The Winnipeg Free Press reports: “The system has been used for more than four years by […]

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10 Aug

Know thy typeface

A new quiz from mental_floss magazine makes you guess the publication based only on their cover logo typeface. In the “Magazines and Newspapers” edition of mental_floss‘ regular quiz feature called […]

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10 Aug

CTV police reporter Jim Junkin to retire

Long-time police reporter Jim Junkin will retire in August after a 41-year career with CTV Toronto. Junkin got his first job in broadcasting at age 15 at Oakville’s CHWO, and […]

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9 Aug

How to use your smartphone to report news

Seattletimes.com producer Tiffany Campbell created a slideshow with tips about using smartphones to report the news. Mojos Unite, a blog for “mobile journalists to share thoughts and information” posts a […]

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9 Aug

Readers design Wallpaper* cover

The creators of urban space magazine Wallpaper* decided to let readers custom-design the cover of their issues. The result: hundreds of different covers, one issue. In the video (available via […]

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9 Aug

What if PBS was more like CBC?: Doyle

The Globe and Mail‘s John Doyle writes about the serious (and marginal and obscure) PBS, its loyal and slowly growing audience, and what the next CBC head could learn from […]

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