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7 Mar

Media “necessity” and fair, says Tory

John Tory thanked the media for being fair in his speech announcing his resignation as leader of the Ontario Conservative party. Oddly, Tory’s full comments on media were not in […]

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7 Mar

Regina journalism school founder dies

Ron Robbins, a long-time Canadian Press and innovative CBC journalist before he founded the University of Regina’s school of journalism, is dead at the age of 92, reported the Regina […]

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7 Mar

Is Mother Jones the answer for independent journalism?

Mother Jones has become “a real-life laboratory for whether nonprofit journalism — a topic of the moment in mainstream news media circles — can withstand a deep recession,” reports the […]

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6 Mar

Will CanWest sell New Republic?

Folio: is reporting that Martin Peretz, editor-in-chief and former longtime part owner of The New Republic, is in negotiations to buy back the assets of the magazine from CanWest Global […]

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6 Mar

Ethnic media thriving

“As the economic downturn triggers layoffs for many traditional media outlets across the country, several ethnic media groups in the Greater Toronto Area appear to be thriving, according to industry […]

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6 Mar

Help: we’re a nonprofit

“Read 40 Papers for as little as $10 a month—become a friend of Sightline today!” says a solicitation for money from an environmental organization in the Pacific NorthWest. The email […]

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6 Mar

Layoffs at Vancouver 24 Hours

Vancouver 24 Hours newspaper has laid off 16 people, or 40 per cent of its staff, The Tyee‘s David Beers reports on The Hook blog. Beers specifies that 5 of […]

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6 Mar

A love letter to journalism

The Walrus announced the winners of its Love Letters contest recently and runner-up Jina Moore penned a letter to journalism. Moore’s letter is from a journalist who’s decided to jump […]

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6 Mar

Barrie back at Metro Morning

After several months off, CBC’s Metro Morning host Andy Barrie is scheduled to return to his early morning slot on March 9. Barrie took an extended leave of absence to […]

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6 Mar

ONA 2009 nominations announced

The Ontario Newspaper Award nominations have been announced, with the Hamilton Spectator leading the group at 21 nominations. Winners will be announced at a gala dinner on May 2 in Waterloo.

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