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29 May

CBC stops running advertisements for competitor Postmedia’s paywall subscriptions

<p>The CBC has pulled the plug on an advertising campaign that promoted Postmedia Network paywall subscriptions, saying that the websites compete with the public broadcaster’s own websites, the <em><a href="http://business.financialpost.com/2013/05/29/cbc-pulls-postmedia-ad-campaign-citing-digital-competition/?__lsa=1bdf-b702">Financial Post reported</a></em>.</p>

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29 May

Brandie Weikle new editor-in-chief at Canadian Family magazine

<p>Brandie Weikle is returning to Canadian Family magazine in a new role as editor-in-chief.</p><p>She was a senior editor at the magazine from 2005  to 2007 and will be starting in her new role on June 10, according to the <a href="http://canadianmags.blogspot.ca/2013/05/brandie-weikle-new-eic-at-canadian.html">Canadian Magazines blog</a>. She has also worked as the editor of <em>healthzone.ca</em> and <em>parentcentral .ca</em> at the <em>Toronto Star</em> and as the digital director at House & Home Media. </p>

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29 May

TC Media ne fait plus d’information locale – jusqu’où ça ira?

<p><strong>TC Média, propriétaire du <em>Journal de Rosemont</em> et de nombreux hebdomadaires locaux, a décidé de couper la moitié des postes de journalistes sur l’Île de Montréal. Ceux qui sont restés voient leurs tâches dénaturées et multipliées.</strong> <strong>On pourrait penser que l’équipe de <em>RueMasson.com </em>est contente que TC Média lui laisse le champ libre. Mais non. </strong></p><p><em>Par les co-propriétaires de RueMasson.com: David Bruneau, Cécile Gladel, Stéphanie Lalut, Éric Noël et Lisa Marie Noël</em></p>

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29 May

«La campagne électorale ne sera pas traitée de manière journalistique»

<p><strong>Depuis l’annonce par TC Média de la mise à pied de 11 de ses 23 journalistes écrivant dans ses 22 hebdos montréalais, nombre de voix s’élèvent pour exprimer leur incompréhension. Parmi eux, plusieurs élus de l’île, qui trouvent le moment particulièrement mal choisi, à quelques mois d’une élection municipale capitale pour la démocratie locale.</strong></p>

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29 May

Highlights of BEAC2013 conference: Nurturing the Digital Age

<p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett Neheli</strong></p><p>If you teach any type of media, it’s a constant struggle to keep up with new tools and trends. That’s why I went to the Broadcast Educators Association of Canada’s (<a href="http://beac.ca">BEAC</a>) annual conference in Banff. You can check out my <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/live-blog-broadcast-educators-association-canada-conference">live blog</a> of the event, but if you’d rather not scroll through a few days of tweets and pics here are some highlights.</p>

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29 May

Letter to the editor: The NNAs do in fact reflect digital journalism

<p><strong>By Scott White, Chair, Board of Governors, National Newspaper Awards</strong></p><p>Melanie Coulson’s <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/opinion-national-newspaper-awards-dont-reflect-journalism-digital-era">recent opinion piece about the National Newspaper Awards</a> raises some important issues about the relevancy of one of the country’s premier journalism awards programs as newspapers transform from print to digital platforms.</p>

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28 May

Bill C-60 will make the government the “effective employer” of the CBC: media groups

<p><br /><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/CBC ad edited.jpg" title="" /></p><p>Several media organization, including the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression have launched an advertising campaign to protest Bill C-60.   </p>

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28 May

Bill C-60 – Note to Staff from Hubert

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28 May

Le scandale Rob Ford s’empare des médias québécois

<p><strong>Les journalistes n’ont semble-t-il pas apprécié de se faire traiter de «bande d’asticots» par le maire Ford, dimanche. Si la semaine dernière, les médias québécois étaient restés plutôt à l’écart de la polémique entourant une supposée vidéo montrant l’édile de Toronto fumer du crack, rares sont les quotidiens qui font aujourd’hui l’impasse sur cette affaire. </strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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28 May

Do ethnocultural newspapers have a future in Canada?

<p><strong>By April Lindgren</strong></p><p>If you walk for three short blocks along Bloor Street in my neighbourhood, just west of downtown Toronto, you can stop in shops and restaurants and collect more than 10 different newspapers in three or four different languages.</p>

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