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12 Aug

Globe and Mail to cease delivery in parts of B.C., Newfoundland and Labrador

<p>The <em>Globe and Mail</em> will stop delivering its print edition in Newfoundland and Labrador and some communities in B.C. due to the “significant cost” of flying the newspapers to their destination. </p><p>Publisher and CEO Phillip Crawley told J-Source it costs $1.5 million annually to fly and truck the newspapers from its Vancouver-based printing plant to northern B. C. and from its Halifax plant to Newfoundland and Labrador.</p>

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12 Aug

Torstar fires 15 staff and shuts down YourHamiltonBiz, YourMississaugaBiz

<p>Torstar is ending its short-lived venture into hyperlocal, online business reporting in Mississauga and Hamilton.</p>

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12 Aug

Sun News vivra

<p><strong>Malgré le refus du Conseil de </strong><strong>radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC) </strong><strong>d’accorder à <em>Sun News</em> le droit d’être incluse dans le forfait de base des télédistributeurs, le réseau, propriété de Québécor, a annoncé qu’il ne cesserait pas ses activités. Lors des audiences publiques du printemps dernier, son </strong><strong>vice-président Kory Teneycke avait pourtant martelé que de cette décision, dépendait la survie la chaine.</strong></p><p><em>Texte modifié à 13h49</em></p>

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12 Aug

J-Source: A look ahead

<p><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief, J-Source</strong></p>

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12 Aug

Les normes journalistiques traditionnelles et les médias à but non lucratif

<p><em>Note de lecture de la Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme de l'Université d'Ottawa</em></p><p><em>Carolane Gratton, étudiante à la maîtrise en communication à l'Université d'Ottawa</em></p>

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9 Aug

Northern newspapers are surviving — and some thriving — in the Internet Age

<p><strong>By Herb Mathisen, for <a href="http://upherebusiness.ca/"><em>Up Here Business</em></a></strong></p><p>It’s simple, right? The Internet is killing newspapers. Craigslist, online classifieds and job boards are siphoning off all important ad revenue, while the demand for free and instant online content is rendering the newspaper – especially the weekly – obsolete. The competition for eyeballs and advertisers is rendering the newspaper a pre-digital relic.</p>

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9 Aug

How some student newspapers have made drastic changes to survive the drop in advertising

<p><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; line-height: 15.994318008422852px;">By Josh Dehaas, Editor of <em>Maclean's On Campus</em></strong></p>

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8 Aug

Updated: CRTC launches review that could make all Canadian news channels available on the dial

<p>The Canadian broadcast regulator is seeking feedback on a proposal that would ensure all Canadian national news services have a spot on the dial.</p><p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Sun News_0.PNG" title="" /></p>

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8 Aug

Haïti: un journaliste sportif, prophète en son pays

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/ditn4q9wpy1etoc39x9d_0.jpeg" title="" /><strong>En Haïti, les soirs de matchs de soccer, les foules oublient tous leurs soucis. Et c’est la voix de Jean-Pierre Étienne qui les accompagne dans ces moments de pure communion. À seulement 30 ans, le jeune commentateur sportif a déjà passé dix ans derrière le micro de <em>Radio Ibo</em>. </strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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7 Aug

On-Air errors must be corrected on-air: Canadian Broadcast Standards Council

<p>The <a href="http://www.cbsc.ca/english/documents/prs/2013/130807.php">Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says</a> it’s not enough for broadcasters to issue corrections on their websites; they must issue on-air corrections as well.</p>

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