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15 Feb

Les hebdos se jouent-ils de la crise?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Alors que les quotidiens payants imposent d'importantes concessions à leurs employés syndiqués, du côté des hebdomadaires gratuits, les investissements pleuvent. Transcontinental et Quebecor, qui détiennent ensemble plus de 65% du marché, se livrent en effet une guerre ouverte depuis l'été 2009 pour accroître leur présence.</p>

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15 Feb

London news is falling down

Local TV news is losing airtime to out-of-town executives who decide which stations stay and which go. How far will it go? One station in London, Ontario has lost $98 […]

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15 Feb

Opinion roundup: Murdoch’s The Daily

Now that the initial hype from The Daily‘s launch last week has begun to die down, J-Source rounds up opinions, criticisms and first impressions from across the web. The Nieman […]

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15 Feb

In your face: The ethics of opinion journalism

Journalists who add their own fierce opinions to political discourse have every right to do so, writes Stephen J.A. Ward, but it’s “deliberative” commentators who serve a democracy best. In […]

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15 Feb

The real Twitter revolution: Changing coverage on the ground in Egypt

By Wilf DinnickOpenFile For the first time since leaving my ‘on camera’ job as a foreign correspondent more than two years ago, I thought I might be envious watching my […]

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15 Feb

Why Is The Tyee in the Vancouver Art Gallery?

Fiesty British Columbia online publication The Tyee was selected to be part of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s ‘WE: Vancouver’ exhibit. Tyee editor David Beers reports. The Tyee is pleased to […]

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15 Feb

CRTC grants campus radio station temporary stay

The CRTC has granted campus radio station CKLN an emergency stay, allowing it to stay on-air until at least April. Earlier this month the CRTC revoked the station’s licence for […]

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15 Feb

Broadcaster Jim Reed dies

Veteran broadcaster Jim Reed has died from lung cancer at the age of 75. Reed has worked as a writer, producer, director, reporter and news anchor for CTV, TVO and […]

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15 Feb

CBC requests public input on 5-year strategy

The CBC revealed its new five-year strategy this month, and is now asking for the public to respond. “Our strategy is ultimately about deepening our relationship with Canadians on every […]

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14 Feb

How not to file freedom of information requests

In researching a story about a devastaing fire in a Toronto apartment building, OpenFile Toronto‘s Stephen Spencer Davis learned a few things about filing Freedom of Information requests. The hard […]

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