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13 Jul

Pentagon ends Guantnamo reporters’ ban

The Pentagon has allowed two previously-banned reporters, including a Toronto Star employee, back onto the naval base at Guantánamo Bay after a news organization coalition called the ban unconstitutional. No […]

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12 Jul

Globe profiles Sun TV’s Kory Teneycke

Former Harper spokesman and now Quebecor’s VP of business development, Kory Teneycke is an “unlikely media mogul with little direct experience in broadcasting”, The Globe and Mail reports.In an article […]

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12 Jul

Police allegedly erase photos during G20 arrests

Some journalists that were arrested while covering the G20 summit in Toronto claim that police wiped their cameras clean of images and video. One of the arrested journalists, Montreal’s Amy […]

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12 Jul

Court orders paper to name commenter

A court order from a New Brunswick judge has ordered a Moncton newspaper to reveal the identity of an anonymous commenter who made accusations of racism in against the fire […]

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12 Jul

Toronto Life redesign blast from the past

Toronto Life‘s iconic box logo is back, along with a new cover font, as part of its August redesign, D.B. Scott reports on his Canadian Magazines blog. Scott reports that […]

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12 Jul

Doctoring the image

Last week The Economist admitted to doctoring a photo of Obama, using the argument that it’s all part of the art of the cover. It’s another puzzler in the debate […]

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12 Jul

Role of social media in news laid bare during G20

An excellent analysis of the role of social media in news coverage is presented by Antonia Zerbisias in the Toronto Star on July 11. She aptly describes how Twitter became […]

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9 Jul

Lisa LaFlamme to replace retiring Lloyd Robertson

Lisa LaFlamme, the current national affairs correspondent for CTV National News, will take over the reins from host Lloyd Robertson when he retires next year. Robertson announced his retirement during […]

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8 Jul

ESPN gets LeBron exclusive, sacrifices control over ads and news

Basketball superstar LeBron James has given ESPN the exclusive when he announces the team he’s chosen to play for, on the condition that he choose the interviewer and all ad […]

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8 Jul

Ontario to invest in magazines: report

A report by the Ontario government’s Ministry of Tourism and Culture has laid out a entertainment and cluster strategy that includes recommendations for the magazine industry, D.B. Scott reports on […]

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