Archive
14 Aug

News agency launched in St. John’s

A group of Newfoundland journalists has recently launched a new online news agency to service Newfoundland and Labrador. NL Press is a subscriber pay web site and media syndication service. […]

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14 Aug

Cool science: hacks that spread technology to the masses

<p>Some scientists focus on a wider mission.  Some like to hack. <a href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/johnny_lee.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnny Lee</a> does both - he wants expensive technology accessible to wider audiences and his hacks of the Nintendo Wii remote (broadcast through <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ&feature=related" target="_blank" rel="noopener">u-tube videos</a>) have made him famous.</p>

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14 Aug

La ministre Courchesne fait irruption dans le bureau d’une journaliste

Simon Boivin, Le Soleil | L’opposition a sévèrement critiqué, hier, l’irruption de la ministre Michelle Courchesne dans un bureau politique de La Presse Canadienne pour apostropher une journaliste.

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14 Aug

In medical news: plastic surgery promotes smoking cessation?

Can’t seem to quit smoking? Try plastic surgery.The New York Times ran a piece Aug. 13 quoting plastic surgeons who claim the plastic surgery boom is generating an unanticipated benefit […]

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13 Aug

Globe inks deal with mobile content provider

The Globe and Mail has partnered with Toronto-based Viigo Inc. to provide smartphone users with mobile content for the current Olympics as well as other news, according to a Media […]

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13 Aug

Magazine sales tumble

The Audit Bureau of Circulations put out its statistics on English- and French-language magazines sold on Canadian newsstands this week. Of the 62 mags audited almost 44% of the total saw […]

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13 Aug

Émeute à Montréal-Nord: Des médias pris à partie

Gabrielle Duchaine, Le Journal de Montréal | Les médias ont été malmenés lors des émeutes de dimanche. Photographes et caméramans ont été bousculés, menacés, frappés et dépouillés de leur équipement […]

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12 Aug

Question d’images – Faits d’été, faits divers

Jean-Jacques Stréliski, Le Devoir | L’actualité est ainsi faite. Elle suit les saisons. On dirait même que, à l’instar de la population, elle prend ses vacances. De bien drôles de […]

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12 Aug

Two of three people never visit local newspaper website, U.S. study finds

Northwestern University’s Readership Institute has released results of its 2008 Newspaper Readership tracking study. It shows a small decline in readership overall, with young people accounting for the largest decline. […]

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12 Aug

“Madame, Monsieur, Bonsoir…”, le livre qui égratigne TF1 de l’intérieur

Richard Sénéjoux, Télérama | L’information sur TF1 a souvent été égratignée : reproche à Jean-Pierre Pernaut de faire un journal de la France profonde, mise en avant des faits divers, […]

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