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20 Feb

CanWest étouffée par une dette de 3,9 milliards

Le titre de CanWest a été ébranlé sur les marchés boursiers. Le Globe and Mail – un média concurent de l’empire CanWest – a publié un article mentionnant des difficultés sérieuses […]

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20 Feb

Aspers seek to avoid bankruptcy protection, keep control, of CanWest

CanWest is in crisis. Reports the Globe and Mail: “Leonard Asper is scrambling to secure a financial lifeline for CanWest Global Communications Corp. before the end of the month to […]

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20 Feb

CTV puts Brandon TV station up for sale

CTV Television Inc. has put Manitoba’s CKX-TV Brandon up for sale, and says it will shut the station down if it doesn’t find a buyer before the end of March. […]

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20 Feb

En campagne électorale, l’accessoire l’emporte sur la substance

Dr Réjean Hébert, ex-candidat du PQ, Le Devoir | J’ai récemment vécu ma première campagne électorale à titre de candidat. (…) Ce qui m’a surpris et déçu, c’est la difficulté en […]

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19 Feb

In the CJC: Labour, poverty, immigrants and election bias in news media

Selected articles from the most recent issue of the Canadian Journal of Communication of interest to the journalism community: Listening to Labour: Mainstream Media, Talk Radio, and the 2005 B.C. […]

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19 Feb

World Press Photo of the Year winner struggles to find work

2008 Anthony Suau for TIME / Via World Press Photo. The World Press Photo organization has announced its international photo competition winner for the best photos of 2008. The top […]

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19 Feb

Why multiplatform journalism skills are not enough

Nikki Usher writes in the Online Journalism Review of the frustration in training newsrooms and finding they still don’t get it. It’s a fair assessment of the transition under way: […]

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19 Feb

10 steps to save the newspaper

Morten Rand-Hendricksen, in his Design Is Philosophy blog, has created a sound, 10-point list to save the newspaper. There are few surprises in his list, but it’s a thorough entry […]

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19 Feb

Webcast: SCC arguments in Cusson defamation case

On Feb. 17, the Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments in the Douglas Quan, et al. v. Danno Cusson appeal case, which could result in a new libel defence based […]

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19 Feb

Distressed American papers share content

Divided they fall, united they stand? Five big New York State papers, with a combined weekday circulation of more than 1.3 million, will share articles and photos,” reports the New […]

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