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9 Apr

NY Times goes “Global”

The New York Times has launched its “Global Edition,” combining the international reporting of the Times and the International Herald Tribune to provide a “24/7 flow of geopolitical, business, sports […]

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9 Apr

Dr. Tube

You love learning, but you also love the Simpsons. Will the two passions ever meet? Have no fear, the Ph.D. in TV is here. And it comes with a big […]

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9 Apr

Tyee named one of B.C.’s most innovative companies

B.C.-based online magazine The Tyee made it on a recent list of the province’s top ten most innovative companies. BCBusiness magazine placed the five year-old online publication at number nine […]

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9 Apr

CBC’s multiplatform strategy

Thanks to Reportr.net for sharing a classroom discussion. “The director of CBC Radio 3, Steve Pratt, spoke to my students taking the first-year undergraduate stream in New Media and Society […]

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9 Apr

Planned ‘low profit’ media considered

The Tyee asks: “Could New Breed of ‘Low Profit’ Firms Save Our News Media?” A story considers whether hybrid ownership models, now operating in US and UK using charitable and […]

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9 Apr

Nine production staff cut at Kingston Whig

“More cuts this week, this time nine employees in the Kingston Whig Standard’s production department.”

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9 Apr

Soo Star layoffs target three senior editorial staff

“Three Sault Star vets with over 50 years of experience combined have been pink-slipped, their pre-press jobs being moved to the regional centre in Barrie, says a tipster.”

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8 Apr

Police camera seizures

UPDATE April 8: The BC Civil Liberties Association thanked the Chief of the Vancouver Police Department for moving to clarify police policy around seizing cameras from the public and forapologizing […]

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8 Apr

Journalism ethics site launched

Journalism Ethics for the Global Citizen, a website project headed by Stephen J.A. Ward has launched. Ward, former director of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British […]

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8 Apr

Online newspaper franchise opens over 500 new community newspapers

“HometownTimes.com, a national online news and community publications franchisor, launched 513 local online newspapers across the United States back in January.”

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