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27 Mar

Is the future of newspapers non-profit status?

“Steve Coll, a veteran journalist of The Washington Post who is now a New Yorker staff writer, proposed in his New Yorker blog Think Tank that nonprofit will and should […]

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26 Mar

CBC English cuts in detail

Details about the cuts and changes to CBC English programming were laid out to staff today during a town hall meeting helmed by Richard Stursberg, VP English Services. Here’s a breakdown of the […]

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26 Mar

Journalism-related films at HotDocs fest

This year the organizers at Hot Docs 2009 are proud to present three amazing journalism-related documentaries: ReporterD: Eric Daniel Metzgar / 92min / USA / EnglishPulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas […]

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26 Mar

Magazine readership slips slightly

Readership of Canadian magazines is down less than three per cent since last year, according to figures released by the Print Measurement Bureau. Reader’s Digest has the largest readership and CAA Magazine has the […]

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25 Mar

Does B.C. Business Magazine have credibility?

B.C. journalist Sean Holman, who runs a blog called Public Eye Online, skewered the publisher of B.C. Business Magazine for a March cover profile of the province’s incumbent premier just […]

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25 Mar

Canadian newspaper readership ‘stable’

Readership of Canadian newspapers remains strong despite the financial problems plaguing the industry, according to figures released today by NADbank. Almost half of Canadian adults read a newspaper on an average weekday […]

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25 Mar

CBC bloodbath

The CBC press release is here. Following is the CBC report, from its website, in full: The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. plans to cut up to 800 jobs to make up […]

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25 Mar

Gannett orders unpaid furloughs for employees

“Gannett Co. Inc, which is already mandating a one week, unpaid furlough for most of its employees this quarter, has ordered another unpaid furlough for many employees in the second […]

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25 Mar

American legislators propose bail out for community newspapers

“With many U.S. newspapers struggling to survive, a Democratic senator on Tuesday introduced a bill to help them by allowing newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with a variety of […]

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25 Mar

Local newspapers important to environment

“Likewise, local activists have relied on community newspapers for accurate unbiased reporting. With little or no money to buy publicity, environmental activists, like Love Canal’s Lois Gibbs, scribbled outraged but […]

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