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1 Apr

BCE completes CTV takeover; launches Bell Media

BCE Inc. closed its $3.2-billion acquisition of CTV on Friday, a full 90 days ahead of schedule. The communications giant has wasted no time releasing a new strategy, also announcing […]

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1 Apr

Gotcha!

Who says Canadians don’t have a sense of humour? It’s now after noon — the generally agreed-to expiry date for all April Fool’s pranks — in all of Canada. In […]

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1 Apr

CBC Ombudsman weighs in on decision to exclude May from leaders’ debate

CBC Ombudsman Kirk LaPointe has added his voice to the Elizabeth May uproar. Although LaPointe has decided not to conduct a review into the Canadian broadcast consortium’s decision to exclude […]

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1 Apr

Le Buzz: la mission sociale des médias

Chaque vendredi, «le Buzz» revient sur les sujets qui ont attiré le plus votre attention sur notre site et notre fil Twitter au cours de la semaine. Au cours des […]

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1 Apr

Mayor’s brother bemoans Star’s “ruthlessness”

In the midst of a battle over reporters’ ease of access to Toronto City Hall, Mayor Rob Ford’s brother, Councillor Doug Ford, has accused the Toronto Star of being “ruthless” […]

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31 Mar

Titre professionnel: l’heure du vote a sonné

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">La Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) a tenu hier la dernière de trois séances de consultation concernant son projet de création d'un titre protégé. Moins de 4% des membres du regroupement ont participé à ces réunions en ligne qui ont davantage été des occasions de s'informer que de débattre du projet proposé. Impossible donc d'en déduire le résultat du vote qui se déroulera la semaine prochaine.</p>

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31 Mar

Plan iPad: la capitaine quitte le navire

Le plan iPad de Gesca est à peine mis en branle qu’il perd déjà sa capitaine. La vice-présidente exécutive, affaires numériques de La Presse, Sylvie Leduc a quitté ses fonctions […]

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30 Mar

Alas, poor CityNews. We knew it well

How Toronto’s pioneering local station went from everywhere to nowhere near as good as it used to be. This week, we feature Lindsey Aubin‘s story from the winter issue of […]

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30 Mar

Women in journalism symposium: live coverage

Women in the field: changing the face of journalism is an all-day symposium hosted by Ryerson University. Not in town? Follow J-Source‘s liveblog of the events on Tuesday, March 22 […]

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30 Mar

The Japan Disaster: Journalists piling on

By Claude Adams  Trauma wasn’t a big issue for journalists 32 years ago when Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear facility in Pennsylvania suffered a partial core meltdown. […]

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