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23 Feb

Harper blocks public information (again)

“The (Stephen) Harper government has delayed for months the release of notes on conference calls held at the height of last summer’s deadly listeriosis outbreak — a lag some experts […]

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23 Feb

Will media critics get what they ask for?

Crawford Killian sums up the demise of media, on The Tyee blog, The Hook. His warning is spine-chilling: “News junkies, long disgusted with the quality of North American media, may […]

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23 Feb

Picket as Halifax layoffs loom

Unionized staff at the Halifax daily broadsheet Chronicle Herald, are not taking 20 union-only layoffs lying down: they staged an information picket Monday, the deadline to accept or reject a […]

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23 Feb

Reporters investigated Bailey killing, and made a difference

When Chauncey Bailey, the editor of The Oakland Post, in California, was gunned down in broad daylight, reported the New York Times, “the decimation of local media, … precluded large-scale […]

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23 Feb

Cheat sheet for newspaper biz models

Having trouble keeping track of the “how to save newspapers” business model options? Check out Pramit Singh’s list of 14 proposals and vote for your fave–or weigh in on what […]

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21 Feb

Readership of some UK newspapers up despite declining sales

England’s National Readership Survey reports more people are reading “quality” newspapers like The Times and The Guardian even though their circulation is declining. Readership of mid-market and tabloid newspapers, however, is dropping.

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20 Feb

Le journaliste de classe moyenne menac

L’information rapide effectuera une sélection naturelle parmi les journalistes de sorte que ceux qui appartiennent à la classe moyenne passeront à la moulinette. C’est du moins l’avis de Bernard Poulet, rédacteur […]

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20 Feb

L’intérêt du public : protection contre la diffamation

Lise Millette, ProjetJ | L’Association canadienne des journaux demande à la Cour suprême du Canada d’accepter que le droit du public à l’information puisse être considéré comme un argument de […]

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20 Feb

L’art de chroniquer

Steve Proulx n’est officiellement plus le chroniqueur média spécialisé de Voir. Il consacre néanmoins son premier texte en formule «style libre» à l’espace qu’occupe la chronique dans l’offre médiatique et […]

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20 Feb

Question source à TLMEP

La prochaine émission de Tout le monde en parle à Radio-Canada, présentera l’échange réalisé avec le journaliste Daniel Leblanc, celui là même à qui l’on doit le scandale des commandites. […]

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