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30 Oct

Circulation grows! (or, “Man bites dog!”)

    “CIRCULATION GROWS” could be a screaming headline in 72-point with multiple exclamation marks. But, oddly, it arrived in my inbox today as a mere item in the latest e-bulletin […]

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30 Oct

Ontario Press Council appoints new directors

The Ontario Press Council has appointed four new directors, the Canadian Press reports. Alvin Curling, former Speaker at Ontario’s Queen’s Park and George Thomson, former deputy attorney general are two […]

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30 Oct

Le poids du blogue

Marie-Andrée Chouinard, Le Devoir | Futé, le Parti conservateur? En choisissant d’accréditer des blogueurs au même titre que des journalistes lors de son prochain congrès, le parti de Stephen Harper […]

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30 Oct

Prix d’excellence, mention volume | Le journalisme radiophonique

Au fil des événements, Université Laval | Dominique Payette est professeure au Département d’information et de communication depuis moins de deux ans, mais elle possède une expérience professionnelle remarquable. Elle […]

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30 Oct

La ministre Courchesne regrette

Paul Cauchon, Le Devoir (sur abonnement) | La ministre de l’Éducation, Michelle Courchesne, a finalement exprimé ses «regrets» mardi soir à la journaliste de La Presse canadienne avec laquelle elle […]

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30 Oct

Compressions sévères chez Time inc.

Le Devoir | Le grand éditeur de magazines Time inc. prévoit réduire son personnel de 6 %, ce qui entraînera l’abolition de plus de 600 postes.

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29 Oct

Study detects ideological bias in U.S. cable campaign news

In a study that is sure to surprise nobody, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism reports that Fox news presidential campaign reporting tends to favour Republican candidate […]

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29 Oct

The sky is falling

“Clearly, the sky is falling. The question now is how many people will be left to cover it.” New York Times reporter David Carr writes about the struggles between old […]

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29 Oct

Free Press strike ends

The striking workers at the Winnipeg Free Press have agreed to the company’s offer and the deal was ratified on Oct. 28. Free Press publisher Bob Cox thanked the workers […]

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29 Oct

Another Wente controversy

    A discussion is raging on Facebook about Margaret Wente’s latest Globe and Mail column, “What Dick Pound said was really dumb – and also true.” The column concerns Dick […]

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