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10 Apr

Updated: CBC will cut 8 per cent of staff in two years; “abandons sport coverage”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Town hall mtg <a href="https://twitter.com/CBC">@CBC</a> to reveal "budget pressures". Translation: $130M in cuts. <a href="http://t.co/ncD5OvElDI">pic.twitter.com/ncD5OvElDI</a></p>— Talin Vartanian (@CitizenTalin) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenTalin/statuses/454297484882239489">April 10, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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10 Apr

Postmedia posts net loss of $25.3 million in second quarter

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Postmedia newspapers_6.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Postmedia Network posted a net loss of $25.3 million in its second quarter, compared to $15.8 million in the same period the prior year.</p>

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10 Apr

Memo on Postmedia Network’s second quarter earnings

<p><strong>The following is a memo sent by Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey:</strong></p><p>Today we announced our company’s financial results for the second quarter of our 2014 fiscal year – December 2013 to February 2014. You can view the full details of the quarterly results at <a href="http://postmedialink/Pages/Default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Postmedia Link</a> or <a href="http://www.postmedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.postmedia.com</a>.</p>

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9 Apr

The importance of public broadcasting

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/CBC_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jody Porter</strong></p>

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9 Apr

Live blog: Does the parliamentary press gallery matter?

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education Editor</strong></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="800" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=499904&ThemeId=16198" width="700"></iframe></p><hr /><p><strong>Related content on J-Source:</strong></p>

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9 Apr

CTV Vancouver leads at RTDNA BC Region Awards for television

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/RTDNA_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p>CTV Vancouver won six television awards at the RTDNA BC Region Awards. Vancouver’s News1130 led in the radio category with five wins. </p><p>At the RTDNA Central Awards, CTV Barrie, CTV Toronto and Global Toronto each picked up two television awards. In the radio awards, CBC Sudbury and Toronto’s 680 News and Newstalk1010 each received three awards.</p>

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9 Apr

Toronto Star digital editor John Ferri joins TVO

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/John Ferri_0.JPG" title="" /><em>Toronto Star</em> digital editor John Ferri will join TVO as vice-president of current affairs and documentaries on May 5.</p><p>He will be responsible for leveraging the TVO brand to increase engagement. </p>

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9 Apr

CUP restructures further, relinquishes control of NASH conference

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CUP logo.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The Canadian University Press has restructured its national office to bring its budget into line for the upcoming fiscal year.</p>

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9 Apr

5 fundamental things journalists must understand about Facebook

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Facebook_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education editor</strong></p><p>I’m not denying that Twitter is sexy. Something about those 140 characters is so alluring. Perhaps it’s the challenge of displaying wit and intellect in a soundbite.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mel_coulson" target="_blank" title="Follow me on Twitter!" rel="noopener">I love Twitter</a>, don’t get me wrong.</p>

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9 Apr

Le 1: plus qu’un nouvel hebdo, une nouvelle expérience

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/laune48_0.png" title="" />À l’heure où de plus en plus de journaux se questionnent sur la pertinence de continuer à sortir au format papier, un nouvel hebdomadaire débarque dans les kiosques français ce matin. Chaque mercredi, <em>Le 1 </em>propose de décortiquer un sujet d’actualité sous tous les angles… et sur une seule page que l’on plie et que l’on déplie.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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