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28 May

Standards council rules on ethics of CTV’s Dion interview

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled that CTV’s airing of false starts during a television interview with then Liberal leader Stéphane Dion violated industry ethics codes, CBC reports. The Council […]

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27 May

CTV Newsnet relaunches with new name, new look

CTV Newsnet, CTV’s 24-hour all-news network, was relaunched as CTV News Channel on May 26. Along with the new name, changes include a new logo and new graphics. In addition, […]

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27 May

Jack Webster Awards now accepting submissions for 2009

The Jack Webster Awards Foundation is now accepting submissions for its 2009 slate of awards. Submissions must have been aired or published between June 1, 2008 andMay 31, 2009. The […]

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27 May

What’s in a name? When a medical journal isn’t

The medical blogosphere went a bit viral of late over two stories published in The Scientist (here and here) that a drug company paid a science publisher to create publications with titles that sound a lot like peer-reviewed journals. […]

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27 May

Former CRTC head dies at 66

Charles Dalfen, former head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), died suddenly, The Globe and Mail reports. Dalfen was head of the CRTC between 2002 and 2006. The […]

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27 May

NY Times names first social media editor

In an attempt to keep up with new media changes and expand the use of social media tools, The New York Times has created a new position, social media editor. […]

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26 May

La visite de PKP : dur réveil

Le président de Quebecor, Pierre Karl Péladeau, doit se rendre au Saguenay le 2 juin pour rencontrer des entrepreneurs. Une invitation que le syndicat du journal Le Réveil, en lock-out depuis le […]

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26 May

Derome jouit-il d’immunité?

Lise Millette ProjetJ – 23 mai 2009 | Le chef-d’antenne Bernard Derome est fâché contre Stephen Harper. Une position qui ne regarde que lui, mais qu’il a choisi de livrer […]

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26 May

Vote for the next cover of Explore mag

Editors at Explore have put together three possible covers for the August issue of the magazine and are asking readers to vote for their favourite. Visit Explore‘s website to vote. […]

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26 May

Blogue du jour: Fagstein (Steve Faguy, réviseur à La Gazette)

Pour son regard irrévérencieux mais sympathique sur le petit milieu médiatique québécois et canadien. Toujours avec humour, Fagstein se plaît àdénoncer, entre autres formes de bêtise humaine, la détestable tendance àl’autocongratulation […]

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