Archive
4 Dec

14-year old boy ordered to shut down pirate radio station

Jayhaed Saadé, a 14-year-old from Ottawa, mounted an antenna on a roof and bought equipment over the Internet to start his own radio station. But after one week of broadcasting […]

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4 Dec

CTV Ottawa anchor to retire

Max Keeping, co-anchor of CTV Ottawa’s News at Six and vice-president of news has announced plans to retire. Graham Richardson will replace Keeping. Richardson has been CTV News’ parliamentary correspondent […]

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4 Dec

The war on photographers

Since the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City western, First World, democratic nations that normally believe in rights and freedoms for its citizens and media […]

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4 Dec

German media wars

Compared to the limp competition in Canada, Germany’s media wars are … interesting. “Giant Penis Sparks Bizarre Media War,” headlines DER SPIEGEL.

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4 Dec

Négociations régionales en bloc chez Gesca

Les syndicats des quotidiens Le Droit, La Tribune, La Voix de l’Est, Le Nouvelliste, Le Soleil, Le Quotidien et Progrès-Dimanche ont décidé d’aborder Gesca de front en négociant en bloc […]

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4 Dec

Les agences de presse au bord du gouffre

Pour réduire leurs frais, des journaux américains ont commencé à délaisser les services des agences de presse. Cette situation n’a pas encore atteint le seuil d’une tendance lourde, mais Associated […]

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3 Dec

Financer l’information : lecteurs, payez-vous un reportage!

Un groupe de journalistes indépendants californiens ont mis sur pied une nouvelle façon de financer leur travail: ils invitent les lecteurs à payer 20$ pour que le sujet de leur […]

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3 Dec

Photojournalist’s son sues Iran for mother’s death

Canadian Stephen Hachemi is trying to sue the Iranian government for the arrest, torture and death of his mother, photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, BBC News reports. Hachemi is suing Iran’s government […]

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3 Dec

Google allows publishers to limit free views of news articles

Amid all the debate about paid content and the ongoing criticism from News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch, Google Inc. has decided to allow publishers of paid content to limit the number […]

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2 Dec

The its/its conundrum

The difference between its (possessive) and it’s (contraction) is grammar 101. It’s child’s play. It’s the ham sandwich of gourmet grammar. And yet it is one of the most common […]

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