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20 Feb

Bah!

The headline sums up Clifford Stoll’s nice rant in Newsweek: “The Internet? Bah!” Or — for readers here who don’t care to click through — “When most everyone shouts, few […]

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19 Feb

CHEK-TV, nouveau modèle de télévision indépendante?

Une station de télévision indépendante, appartenant à ses employés. N’ajustez pas votre appareil: le personnel de CHEK-TV, à Victoria (C.-B.) a bel et bien racheté la station de Canwest Global, […]

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19 Feb

Rival bid for Canwest emerges

Just hours before Shaw Communications Inc. was about to seek court approval for its offer to buy 20 per cent equity and a controlling stake in Canwest, another bid has […]

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19 Feb

Gomery named president of Quebec Press Council

Retired Superior Court Justice John Gomery has been named president of the Quebec Press Council, The Gazette reports. Gomery is best known for leading the inquiry into the federal sponsorship […]

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19 Feb

Canadian Association of Broadcasters shutting down

Local TV operators and and cable companies were unable to find common ground and as a result The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) is shutting down, The Globe and Mail […]

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18 Feb

Social media now a key info source for journalists

Social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook are commonly used by journalists as sources of information, according to a survey by Cision and George Washington University. More than half […]

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18 Feb

Reports of Lightfoot death greatly exaggerated

Thank god — Gordon Lightfoot’s still alive. Was at work; the boss came out, told me he’d read on the Internet Lightfoot had died. So I went to Twitter — […]

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18 Feb

Worst games ever?

When British newspaper The Guardian published a column calling the Olympics in Vancouver “the worst Games ever,” the Canadian media certainly responded. Here are just a few examples. “The worst […]

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18 Feb

Neda video wins George Polk award

The “anonymous individuals responsible for recording the shooting death of 26-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan at a June protest in Tehran, Iran have been awarded the 2009 George Polk Award for videography. […]

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18 Feb

A day at the Olympic press centre: a bar, free massages and 24/7 McDonalds

Tyee reporter Geoff Dembicki scored himself an temporary day pass for the Main Press Centre (MPC) for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. The MPC is where accredited journalists work, […]

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