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16 Mar

And more closures of community newspapers

“Four Sun Media employees lost their jobs when the Jasper Booster in Alberta closed this week after 46 years of community news, says former staffer Tim Shoults.”

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16 Mar

Further decimation of community newspapers at Sun Media

“Employees of the weekly Morinville Redwater Town & Country Examiner said their goodbyes in the final print edition of the Alberta paper this week, but the farewells were not posted […]

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16 Mar

Alberta weekly shuts down

After 46 years of publication, the Quebecor-owned Jasper Booster has ceased publication. The company cited shrinking ad revenues, rising costs and “increasing challenges in the newspaper industry” as reasons for […]

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16 Mar

State of the Media report bleakest ever

As one might expect, this year’s annual State of the Media report produced by The Center for Excellence in Journalism makes for dismal reading. The most frightening problem highlighted by […]

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16 Mar

Re-thinking the CBC during crisis

“Time to re-think CBC funding?” is the title of a thinky Toronto Star piece looking at future possibilities for the CBC, hard-hit and in crisis from a drop in both […]

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16 Mar

State of Media report includes warning

Below is the State of the Media press release. A link to the PDF of the complete executive summary is here. Two developments converged in the last year to shorten […]

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16 Mar

Is “layered journalism” the future?

ByStephen Ward Newspapers in peril, journalists laid off, ethical standards challenged, and the economic basis of mainstream journalism collapsing. We are witnessing more than the collapse of an economic model […]

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16 Mar

Un différend juridique aide Canwest

Canwest a réussi à éponger une partie de sa dette grâce à un litige juridique qui lui a permis d’empocher 34 millions de dollars. L’entreprise demeure malgré tout bien fragilisée […]

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15 Mar

Le nouveau visage de l’info

Lise Millette, ProjetJ Un texte du Figaro soutient qu’il y a un profond changement de génération qui s’opère dans le monde des médias et plus particulièrement dans celui de la presse écrite. […]

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15 Mar

Déroute journalistique : pas encore

Le milieu journalistique a beau être en crise, selon le plus récent sondage de Project for Excellence in Journalism, l’information continue de susciter l’intérêt des consommateurs. L’industrie médiatique n’est donc pas […]

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