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24 Jun

Rolling Stone article made media realize they “kind of sucked”: Jon Stewart

The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart lampoons the media’s surprised reaction to the investigative journalism in Rolling Stone that dethroned General Stanley McChyrstal. A Huffington Post headline summed it well: “Jon […]

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24 Jun

Wheres the graf, Politico?

A Politico story about the damaging quotes by General Stanley McChrystal in Rolling Stone included two paragraphs that suggest freelance reporter Michael Hastings was a bigger “risk” to the Defence […]

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24 Jun

Superior Court approves Canwest sale to Shaw

The sale of Canwest Global’s television assets to Shaw Communications has received approval from the Superior Court following a Canwest agreement with dissenting shareholders. Broadcaster Magazine reports: “The Asper family, […]

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24 Jun

Small victory for Conrad Black

Former newspaper magnate Conrad Black has won a small victory in the U.S. Surpeme Court, who rule in favour of  limiting the use of a federal fraud law used by […]

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23 Jun

National Post column: Star disgraces memory of Aqsa Parvez

In a column for the National Post, author Tarek Fatah criticizes the Toronto Star for their coverage of the murder of Aqsa Parvez. Read the J-Source article about the press […]

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23 Jun

New hyperlocal news site launches in Eastern Ontario

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000149 EndHTML:0000003774 StartFragment:0000000199 EndFragment:0000003740 StartSelection:0000000199 EndSelection:0000003740 I’m not hyper, but I am local I’ll admit it. The hyperlocal website countylive.ca was designed and launched before I ever heard the […]

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23 Jun

Ottawa earthquake – updated

 Who reported it first? My chair was still shaking when I read that The Globe and Mail had evacuated their Ottawa bureau:   Our Ottawa bureau evacuated its offices just […]

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23 Jun

Old school journalism vs. new school on BBC radio

BBC radio Scotland airs an interesting program pitting an old hack journalist using traditional tools against a younger new media journalist loaded with technology. The idea is to see which […]

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23 Jun

Legal rights for G20 photographers

Covering the G20 Summit this weekend? Photography blog Ambient Light offers a list of legal rights to keep you — and your camera — safe. This Magazine offers a short […]

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23 Jun

Alberta weeklies get federal funds

Eight community newspapers in Alberta received federal funding to subsidize mailing costs and reduce subscription rates. The Okotoks Western Wheel received more than $269,000, while others received between $10,000 to […]

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