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7 Feb

AOL to acquire Huffington Post

AOL Inc. will acquire online news and analysis site The Huffington Post in a deal with $US315-million. Thomson Reuters notes that the acqusition by the “struggling U.S. internet company” is […]

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7 Feb

HuffPo et AOL engendrent un géant de l’info en ligne

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">America on Line (AOL) et </span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Huffington Post</span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">, alias <span style="font-style: italic;">HuffPo</span>, ne font plus qu'un. Le portail a acquis hier le populaire site d'information pour 315 millions de dollars américains.

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7 Feb

Vanoc leaked documents requested by CBC to competitors

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympics (Vanoc), aware that the CBC was investigating the death of an Olympian luger, leaked documents to competitors The Globe and Mail and […]

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7 Feb

Why some journalists profit online, and others never will

The Online Journalism Review‘s Robert Niles examines two blog posts that illustrate two completely different attempts by writers to find their niche in the new media landscape. The first is […]

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7 Feb

Globe reporters rushed by crowd in Egypt

Listen to an audio report from the Globe and Mail’s foreign correspondent Patrick Martin, which he recorded while Globe reporter Sonia Verma was filming a crowd of loyalists marching down […]

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4 Feb

Journalist dies covering protests in Egypt

An Egyptian reporter that was shot last week while covering the intial violent clashes in Cairo has died, USA Today reports, making him the first journalist to die in the […]

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4 Feb

Le Buzz: la chasse aux journalistes

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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4 Feb

Press-bashing in Rwanda

We’ve been reading a lot about the ill-treatment of international journalists in Egypt. But far more shocking is how the Rwandan government deals with dissident news people: Two women journalists […]

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4 Feb

Canadian journalists targeted in Egypt

While snow falls in Canada, revolution rises ablaze in Egypt – and in the surrounding Arab world. Tahrir Square, “Freedom Square,” has been up in arms with a divided opposition […]

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4 Feb

Pros vs. joes

During the chaos of the G20 summit, news came from many sources–some credible, some incredible. Has journalism degenerated into amateur hour? This week, we feature Michelle Medford‘s story from the […]

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