Archive
20 Nov

China’s media

Newsflash: “China tells state media to report bad news.” The news was a Reuters scoop. What next? Journalism instead of propaganda?

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20 Nov

Transparency in court

“Media ban lifted on Ottawa prof’s bomb hearing.” Quite so.

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20 Nov

CBC execs told to rein in spending

Heritage Minister James Moore wrote to executives at CBC to ask them to curb spending habits due to the current economic situation, the Canadian Press reports. Moore, the new Conservative […]

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20 Nov

Electronic mob called threat

Editors Weblog reports that Chris Cramer, Reuters’ global editor of multimedia for news, says “the editorial integrity of journalism is “threatened” by traditional and citizen journalists using the Internet to […]

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20 Nov

Lexactitude à Radio-Canada et le poids dInfluence Communication

Frédérick Bastien, ProjetJ | Les données sur le «poids média» des événements, qui font la notoriété d’Influence Communication, bénéficient d’une visibilité qui est probablement sans précédent au Québec depuis le […]

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20 Nov

Toronto’s CP24 gets a new look

As it celebrates its tenth anniversary, Toronto news channel CP24 has launched a new, updated look that includes a new logo, newsroom and updates to the website. A press announcement […]

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20 Nov

Black wants out

Non-Citizen Black wants a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Christmas present from outgoing U.S. president George W. Bush. From the Globe and Mail: “NEW YORK, TORONTO — Conrad Black is pinning his hopes on […]

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20 Nov

Net not neutral: CRTC ruling

Net neutrality: 0, Bell: 1 Bell Canada has won the right to continue the practice called “Internet throttling” in a ruling from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The commission […]

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20 Nov

L’État Desmarais

Steve Proulx, Voir | On sait peu de choses du richissime citoyen de Sagard, Paul Desmarais. On sait toutefois que son empire, Power Corporation, possède notamment de grosses compagnies d’assurance […]

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19 Nov

Awash

The current Columbia Journalism Review has a long, exhaustively-researched analysis of the digital information age, the role of journalists in informing citizens, and the capabilities of said citizens to become […]

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