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26 Sep

CBC comes to Kitchener-Waterloo, London; weekend news programming added across Canada

<p>Next year is gonna be big. The CBC continues its five-year strategic plan "Everyone, Every way" next fall by bringing radio and internet services to London and Kitchener-Waterloo. It will also extend its news programming to seven days a week in Edmonton, Ottawa, St. John's, and the Maritimes.<br />

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26 Sep

CBC launches ombudsman review

<p>CBC and Radio-Canada are set to review the mandate for their ombudsmen, following last year's successful update of CBC's <a href="http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/docs/policies/journalistic/xml/policies.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journalistic Standards and Practices</a>.<br /><br />The ombudsman mandate has not been reviewed for several years; the goal is to consider the ombudsman's role in the current media landscape.<br />

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24 Sep

Court rulings dissect responsible communication defence

<p><em>It has been almost two years since the Supreme Court of Canada created the libel defence of responsible communication on matters of public interest -- long enough for at least three courts to weigh in on what journalists must do to meet its criteria. In this column in the upcoming issue of the CAJ's Media magazine, J-Source's law section editor <strong>Dean Jobb</strong> explores how the new defence is being interpreted.</em></p>

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23 Sep

Convergence verticale: le CRTC serre la vis

<p> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><em>(2nd mise à jour)</em></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC) a adopté, cette semaine, un nouveau cadre réglementaire relatif à l'intégration verticale. Ce nouveau règlement interdit notamment aux groupes médiatiques de réserver leurs contenus conçus pour la télévision en exclusivité à leurs clients abonnés à leurs services mobiles ou Internet.</font></font></font></p>

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23 Sep

Des cours de déontologie pour les hebdos

<p>Le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ) participera ce week-end au <a href="http://www.hebdos.com/Activites---Evenements/Congres-annuel/Programme.aspx">congrès annuel de l'Association Hebdos Québec</a> afin de sensibiliser les éditeurs de la presse régionale à la déontologie et à l'éthique journalistique. Le secrétaire général du conseil, Guy Amyot, y donnera la première d'une série de formations qu'il offrira dans les salles de rédactions des hebdomadaires dans les prochains mois.</p>

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22 Sep

British media give riot footage to police

<p>The BBC, ITN, and Sky News have all handed unbroadcast footage of London's August riots to police after being served court orders, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/22/bbc-itn-sky-news-riots/print" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports the <em>Guardian</em></a>.</p><p>The <em>Daily Telegraph</em> also disclosed material after being served with a production order. In deciding whether to grant the order, judges are required to consider the police's interest in gaining evidence against the public's interest in free press.</p>

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22 Sep

Bad news at The New York Times

<p><em>New York Times</em> third-quarter advertising revenue is expected to drop by eight per cent, double the previous forecast in July.</p><p>Print revenue advertising is expected to drop 10 per cent, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-newyorktimestre78k4sh-20110921,0,6098417.story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to an Reuters</a> article by Jennifer Saba, and digital advertising will fall two to three per cent.</p>

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22 Sep

Roger Ebert on CBC’s Q

<p>Roger Ebert may have lost his speaking voice, but thanks to Alex, a text-to-speech software on Ebert's laptop, there is no reason for the wildly popular film critic to stay silent. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2011/09/20/roger-ebert-on-q/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check out his interview with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC's <em>Q</em></a> to hear Ebert's thoughts on losing his voice, his new memoir, his future plans -- and a fascinating taste of what it's like to interview somebody in this way.</p>

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22 Sep

From the desk of Kevin Newman, digital evangelist

<p>Kevin Newman is making good on his new title. <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/kevin-newman-new-co-host-ctvs-question-period" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Back in July</a>, Newman was hired as CTV's digital evangelist (and co-host of Question Period). Now, he's leading the digital way at CTV with a daily newsletter -- dubbed, appropriately enough, "The Daily Evangelist".<br />

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22 Sep

Dogs in Canada ceases publication

<p>Canada's oldest regularly published monthly will print its last issue this year.</p><p><a href="http://www.dogsincanada.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dogs in Canada</em></a>, founded in 1989, will cease print publication after its December 2011 issue; counterpart publication <em>Dogs Annual </em>will close with its 2012 edition.</p>

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