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19 Oct

Alaska editor handcuffed for asking questions

Tony Hopfinger, the editor of the Alaska Dispatch, was handcuffed by private security guards hired by Republican candidate Joe Miller after asking questions of the politician following a town hall […]

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19 Oct

Un publicitaire à la tête de la radio de Radio-Canada

Le publicitaire Patrick Beauduin prendra la direction générale de la radio de Radio-Canada, a annoncé ce matin le vice-président principal des services français du réseau public, Sylvain Lafrance. Jusqu’à hier, […]

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19 Oct

Proposed U of Windsor j-program enrages college

<p>The University of Windsor has <a href="http://www.uwindsor.ca/digitaljournalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed to launch</a> a digital journalism program, which St. Clair College president John Strasser worries will lure students away from the college's state-of-the-art mediaplex. He thinks the move may harm the relationship between the two, the <span style="font-style: italic;">Windsor Star</span> reports.<br />

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19 Oct

The rebirth of media and marketing

Newspapers, magazines, TV and advertising as we know them may be doomed, but that’s not necessarily bad news, writes Bob Garfield: Welcome to the Golden Age of marketing and media. […]

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19 Oct

Why Rob Ford should thank the media in his acceptance speech

Torontonians are bracing themselves. Election night is only thirteen days away. On the left, there are whispers of a mutiny if Rob Ford becomes mayor. Yes, it really is that […]

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19 Oct

Howard Kurtz leaves WaPo for “more nimble” Daily Beast

After 29 years at the Washington Post, media critic and platform juggler Howard Kurtz decamped to the online-only Daily Beast. Is this the start of a shift of talent away […]

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19 Oct

So this is the new Globe?

Thanks to Ivor Shapiro for sending this: Search for Rob Ford on the Globe and Mail‘s web site and you get this link to a column printed in the Saturday […]

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18 Oct

Live blog and Twitter reporting of Colonel William’s trial intrigues and disgusts readers

Readers could follow the graphic testimony almost live on Monday as Col. Russell Williams pleaded guilty to murder, sexual assault and break-ins at a Belleville, Ont. court. But according to some […]

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18 Oct

Indépendance des journalistes: les Québécois ont des doutes

Les Québécois manifestent une grande méfiance quant à l’indépendance des journalistes, selon le Baromètre des médias 2010 de la Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme de l’Université d’Ottawa. En […]

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18 Oct

Winners announced for Western Magazine Awards

Geist snapped up magazine of the year at the Western Magazine Awards, while Enterprise won trade magazine of the year at the annual event. The award ceremony was held on […]

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