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12 Jul

Toronto Life redesign blast from the past

Toronto Life‘s iconic box logo is back, along with a new cover font, as part of its August redesign, D.B. Scott reports on his Canadian Magazines blog. Scott reports that […]

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12 Jul

Doctoring the image

Last week The Economist admitted to doctoring a photo of Obama, using the argument that it’s all part of the art of the cover. It’s another puzzler in the debate […]

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12 Jul

Role of social media in news laid bare during G20

An excellent analysis of the role of social media in news coverage is presented by Antonia Zerbisias in the Toronto Star on July 11. She aptly describes how Twitter became […]

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9 Jul

Lisa LaFlamme to replace retiring Lloyd Robertson

Lisa LaFlamme, the current national affairs correspondent for CTV National News, will take over the reins from host Lloyd Robertson when he retires next year. Robertson announced his retirement during […]

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8 Jul

ESPN gets LeBron exclusive, sacrifices control over ads and news

Basketball superstar LeBron James has given ESPN the exclusive when he announces the team he’s chosen to play for, on the condition that he choose the interviewer and all ad […]

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8 Jul

Ontario to invest in magazines: report

A report by the Ontario government’s Ministry of Tourism and Culture has laid out a entertainment and cluster strategy that includes recommendations for the magazine industry, D.B. Scott reports on […]

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8 Jul

News reports did not demonstrate anti-police bias: CBSC

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled against a viewer complaint that the combination of three top stories on CHAN-TV (Global BC’s) March 23, 2009 6 p.m. broadcast demonstrated […]

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8 Jul

Huffington Post acquires opinion poll company

The Huffington Post has acquired Pollster.com, a popular aggregator of poll data for analysis, as it makes a more aggressive push into political journalism. The New York Times called the […]

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7 Jul

Political blogger resigns over private remarks

Washington Post political blogger Dave Weigel has resigned after negative comments about conservatives on a private e-mail list were made public. He was only on the job for three months. […]

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7 Jul

WJEC releases 2010 journalism education census

The World Journalism Education Council has released its latest census on journalism education during the World Journalism Education Congress in South Africa. The census tracked 2,338 journalism programs around the […]

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