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11 Jul

Après 21 ans de présentation du journal de 20h, Patrick Poivre d’Arvor est limog

La Presse Canadienne| La nomination du président de France Télévisions par le chef de l’État, une mesure décidée par Nicolas Sarkozy dans le cadre de la réforme de l’audiovisuel, n’est […]

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11 Jul

Le journaliste de Canoë devra payer

SRC-Québec | Un journaliste de Canoë, Hubert Lapointe, est condamné à 10 000 $ d’amende pour avoir transgressé une ordonnance de non-publication dans un de ses articles. Le nom d’une […]

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10 Jul

How I got the shot: Peter Bregg

By Peter Bregg(Poland, 1981 during martial law when the Communist government outlawed the Solidarity movement.) I managed to get a visa to Poland with a little help from an Ottawa […]

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10 Jul

Changes afoot at Bloomberg

Bloomberg L.P. announced a series of changes to its business structure yesterday in order to make better use of divisions outside of its traditional computer terrminal business, including the company’s […]

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10 Jul

Chicago newspaper lists 50 fav mags

The staff at the Chicago Tribune has put together its (randomly selected) annual list of 50 favourite magazines. The mags chosen (sorry, no Canadian pubs) range from old standards like […]

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10 Jul

Weekly independent newspaper shutting down

St. John’s-based newspaper, the Independent is preparing to shut down in the next couple of weeks, according to a Canadian Press report. Publisher Brian Dobbin is backing out of the […]

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10 Jul

Job cuts hurt diversity, black journalists say

The organization representing Black journalists in the U.S. has lashed out at media companies, saying that job cuts caused by declining readership and viewership have jeopardized the push for diversity in […]

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9 Jul

Murdoch-Fox/NY Times

A Globe and Mail piece by Sinclair Stewart summarizes the kerfuffle involving Fox News vs the New York Times, which has been making American media news lately. The focus is […]

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9 Jul

Indépendance des médias : le PS veut une enquête

NOUVELOBS Les sénateurs PS réclament une commission d’enquête parlementaire sur “l’indépendance des médias”, notamment sur les “liens” entre politiques et patrons de presse.   Les sénateurs PS ont réclamé mercredi […]

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9 Jul

China’s broken promise: PEN’s report

A one-year report card from PEN (the pdf is here) noted that seven months ago, the freedom of expression group called on the Chinese government to: • release all writers […]

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