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3 Nov

Enquête braque les projecteurs sur Quebecor

<p>L'émission <em>Enquête</em> de Radio-Canada sera consacrée, ce soir à 20h, au principal concurrent du réseau public, Quebecor. Le reportage est sur toutes les lèvres dans le milieu des communications au point que l'animateur de l'émission a lancé un appel au calme sur son blogue aujourd'hui en titrant «<a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/carnets/2011/11/03/133108.shtml?auteur=2097">Qu'on se calme le pompon!</a>».</p>

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3 Nov

Pour en finir avec la radio poubelle

<p><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 10px; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://lenonretour.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/pour-en-finir-avec-la-radio-poubelle/">Marielle Couture</a> - Citoyenne de Saguenay</i></p>

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3 Nov

Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Prof in Communications at UOIT

<p>Faculty of Social Science and Humanities - Assistant/Associate Professor - UOIT 11-129<br />Competition No.: UOIT11-129<br />Posting Date: October 12, 2011<br />Closing Date: December 16, 2011<br />Position Title: Assistant/Associate Professor, Communication Program<br />Faculty or Department: Faculty of Social Science & Humanities<br /><br />We invite you to consider joining the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), a research intensive institution with a globally trained faculty and innovative teaching.<br />

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3 Nov

Gaze magazine ceases publication

<p>The current issue of Halifax-based <em>Gaze</em> magazine will be its last.</p><p>The self-dubbed queer quarterly was founded last July by former <em>Frank</em> magazine editor John Williams. <a href="http://openfile.ca/halifax/blog/curator-blog/curated-news/2011/gaze-magazine-publishes-its-last-issue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As OpenFile reports</a>, he wanted to show the LGBT community is “really not that different”.</p><p>Unfortunately, the magazine couldn’t sell enough adverting to keep it in print.</p><p>In the farewell edition Williams writes:</p>

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3 Nov

The CBC got it wrong on Rob Ford: Torontoist

<p>When it comes to the Rob Ford/22 Minutes sideshow the CBC failed big time, writes Mark Bourrie in the <a href="http://torontoist.com/2011/11/how-the-cbc-got-it-wrong-on-rob-ford/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Torontoist</em></a>.</p><p>Bourrie says he’s not a CBC-basher. The CBC, he says, provides a vital function and Canada needs the network. It’s just that most Canadians don’t know the Toronto mayor, and most don’t hate him.</p>

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3 Nov

Quirks and Quarks host Bob McDonald gets Order of Canada

<p>CBC’s <em>Quirks and Quarks</em> host Bob McDonald will officially become and Officer of the Order of Canada Friday.</p><p>The longtime science journalist is one of 10 Canucks set to receive the prestigious officer rank tomorrow. In total, 39 Canadians are being named to the Order of Canada this round.</p><p>The honour is intended to recognize a lifetime of top achievement, contribution and dedication to the nation. McDonald is received a nod for his contribution as a journalist and an educator, as well as his role in making science understandable and interesting for the public.</p>

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3 Nov

La concentration des médias et Quebecor toujours malmenés par l’opinion publique

<p><em>Par Marc-François Bernier, professeur agrégé, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme à l'Université d'Ottawa et membre du comité éditorial de ProjetJ.ca</em></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">La moitié des Québécois estiment que la concentration de la presse nuit au droit du public à une information de qualité et que Quebecor Media est le conglomérat qui utilise le plus ses journalistes pour servir les intérêts économiques ou politiques de ses dirigeants.</font></p>

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3 Nov

University of Windsor two-year term in New Media and Digital Culture

<p>The University of Windsor invites applications for a two-year limited term appointment in the Department of Communication, Media and Film in the area of new media and digital culture at the rank of Assistant Professor commencing July 1, 2012. This position is subject to final budgetary approval.</p>

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2 Nov

Charlie Hebdo victime d’un attentat

<p>Les locaux de <em>Charlie Hebdo</em> ont été incendiés dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi. Provoqué par un cocktail Molotov, l'incendie n'a pas fait de blessé, mais a détruit la rédaction du journal qui a été relogée temporairement dans les locaux du quotidien <em>Libération</em>.

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2 Nov

Rob Ford’s freeze out

<p><em>Toronto mayor Rob Ford may pride himself of being accessible to every regular Joe who phones him, but he's spent his first year in office freezing out selected media. Now, the motion to address the slights in the public arena, and get the mayor talking, has flopped. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> has more.</em></p>

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