Archive
28 Dec

End of an era for the Indy

The Independent’s 34-year run as a truly independent newspaper ended last Friday with the paper’s acquisition by Metroland Media Group, a division of the Torstar publishing empire that also owns […]

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28 Dec

Taking On Big Media in Canada

Progressive-minded Canadians have long been concerned that private media concentration threatens democratic values. In June, 2006, even the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications Report on the Canadian News […]

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28 Dec

Newspaper Websites Getting More Visitors for Longer Periods of Time

CNET  had an interesting blurb a couple of days ago about newspaper websites–more people are using them!“The number of people visiting U.S. newspaper Web sites rose 3.7 percent year over […]

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28 Dec

BC community papers get linked to VanNet

Canwest has linked 13 of its community newspapers in B.C. in to a Van Net website giving access to each of the papers. Each community paper has its own site. […]

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28 Dec

CanWest acquires three publication groups in Ontario’s Windsor-Essex County

CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. is increasing its presence in the southern Ontario market by acquiring three publication groups in Windsor-Essex County for an undisclosed price, the company announced in November.

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28 Dec

Community coverage online

The Knight Digital Media Center is partnering with the Maynard Institute this week on a special workshop focusing on “Total Community Coverage in Cyberspace”. It involves blogging and discussions with […]

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28 Dec

Verified Circulation is now Canadian Media Circulation Audit.

The new name was approved by the board of directors of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association in early 2007. The name Canadian Media Circulation Audit is a reflection of the […]

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27 Dec

A twist on citizen journalism

Google’s feature, allowing “Comments From People in the News,” seems like a new twist on citizen journalism. Says a New York Times story: “The idea is simple: if you have […]

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21 Dec

Gazette calculates its carbon footprint

The Montreal Gazette has published a groundbreaking assessment of its own impact on the environment, Editor & Publisher reports. The newspaper hired a Toronto company to look at such areas as […]

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20 Dec

Media figures honoured

Ottawa TV anchor Max Keeping and former TV executive Peter Herrndorf are among those named to the Order of Ontario, Canoe.ca reports via Canadian Press. Former Globe and Mail editor-in-chief […]

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