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20 Nov

Talk about “yellow” journalism

Just wondering: Did anyone else out there confuse today’s Globe with a Loblaws flyer? And is it just coincidence the dominant colour is the same one in the front-page ad?

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20 Nov

Blatchford says media and bookstores fearful even before protest at U of Waterloo

Christie Blatchford says in today’s Globe that even before last week’s protest at the University of Waterloo about her new book, bookstores and media bookers feared  controversy.  She will return […]

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19 Nov

Le Buzz: lombudsman de Radio-Canada

Chaque vendredi, «le Buzz» revient sur les trois textes qui ont attiré le plus votre attention en piochant dans nos tweets et nos articles sur la base de nos statistiques. […]

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19 Nov

Walking a fine line in Haiti

A MINUSTAH soldier takes aim at reporter Ansel Herz.    Photo: E. Dupain/F. Matias CAP-HAITIEN – The first barricade looked harmless enough. Foot-long rocks piled next to each other in a […]

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19 Nov

Twitter: un outil très utile pour les médias

Devant la résistance de plusieurs de ses collègues à l’égard de Twitter, le rédacteur en chef du Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, a établi une liste des principaux attraits du réseau social […]

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19 Nov

Former Country Guide editor Don Baron passes away

Don Baron, longtime author, editor and farm journalist and former editor of venerable farm publication Country Guide magazine, has died at the age of 82. D.B. Scott notes on his […]

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19 Nov

Rue Frontenac bientôt livré à votre porte

Devant la demande populaire, Rue Frontenac a dévoilé hier un tarif d’abonnement et a commencé à constituer une liste d’envoi. Avant Noël, il sera possible de recevoir l’hebdomadaire gratuit à […]

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18 Nov

Why the National Post uses Twitter

Check out Media Bistro‘s Q&A with The National Post‘s Chris Boutet, who discusses how the newsroom is embracing 140-character reporting. 

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18 Nov

NBC won’t charge for content: VP Mark Lukasiewicz

Canadian Mark Lukasiewicz, NBC’s VP of News Specials and Digital Media, on the future of broadcast media, the technology trap and the future of jobs in broadcast journalism. Lukasiewicz was […]

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18 Nov

Are magazine iPad apps profitable in the long haul?

By Dorion Benkoil Magazine editors and publishers are excited about tablet devices like the iPad. In them, they see a chance to give consumers the best that digital media can […]

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