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21 Mar

Canadian named to top spot at McClatchy weeklies

“George Le Masurier, who has been publisher of two McClatchy Co. weeklies in Washington state, was named president and publisher of The Olympian in Olympia, Wash. He replaces John Winn […]

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21 Mar

Community newspapers rise to the challenge

Since 1871, The Pickens Sentinel, in South Carolina, has served it community and took a moment to remind its readers how important the newspaper is the to community. “With the […]

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21 Mar

Community newspapers continue to outperform industry nationwide

“Community newspapers were impacted by the challenging economy but in a much smaller way than the industry in general, according to fourth quarter 2008 financial data collected by the trade […]

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21 Mar

Bulletin owner Black teams up to buy San Diego paper

“ Honolulu Star-Bulletin owner David Black has become part owner of the San Diego Union-Tribune. The purchase, by Beverly Hills private-equity firm Platinum Equity, was announced today. The price was […]

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20 Mar

Médias : portrait sombre mais pas noir

Lise Millette, ProjetJProject for Excellence in Journalism a publié un rapport sur l’état de la presse américaine. Les chiffres décapent: les revenus publicitaires des journaux ont chuté de 23% au […]

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20 Mar

Good news in bad times

By Kelly ToughillThe news is not all bad for media companies in Canada. Despite a steady string of lay-offs and losses, there is some good news buried in the annual […]

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19 Mar

Justice : procès d’une journaliste accusée de complicit

Lise Millette, ProjetJ Le 23 mars s’ouvrira à Toulouse le procès d’une journaliste accusée de «complicité de violences volontaires». La journaliste a produit un reportage télévisé sur les modifications corporelles que […]

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19 Mar

The future of newspapers captured in one photo?

Well, make that three photos. But the top one gets my vote. From the Silicon Alley Insider, photos by Noah Berger of AP.

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19 Mar

CTV: operating profits and job losses

By Kelly Toughill CTV is crying the blues to the CRTC these days, but documents filed with federal securities regulators show the media company had a healthy operating profit last […]

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19 Mar

Masthead releases Tally 2008, list of mag closures and launches

Masthead Online has posted Tally 2008, its annual listing of Canadian magazine launches and closures. According to the list, at least 71 mags were launched last year, while at least […]

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