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19 Jun

Internet ad sales forge ahead, says report

According to this year’s PricewaterhouseCoopers forecast on the entertainment and media industries, the media and entertainment industry will do just fine over the next few years but the digital and […]

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18 Jun

Fraud and the family farm

By Mary Baxter, Robert Irwin & Don StonemanLast October a reader asked if Better Farming could look into Pigeon King International Inc. (PKI). Based in Waterloo, Ontario, this rapidly-growing company […]

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18 Jun

Lombudsman de Radio-Canada rejette la demande de révision du reportage sur la centrale nucléaire Gentilly II

Un téléspectateur a jugé que le reportage diffusé le 13 mai 2008 au Téléjournal Mauricie sur la centrale nucléaire Gentilly II prêtait à confusion car la journaliste avait signé « […]

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18 Jun

TheStar.com launches new Olympics portal

The Toronto Star has launched a new section of its website devoted to the Beijing Olympics. According to a press release, the Star will have eleven reporter on the ground […]

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18 Jun

Researchers explore the geography of online news

By Mike Gasher The Geography of News Project is an on-going program of research devoted to examining the circulation of news on the Internet. Its central research question asks whether […]

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18 Jun

Le journalisme musical à l’épreuve du marketing et de la paranoïa numérique

Paul RICARD, Agence France Presse | Écoutes d’albums dans des locaux surprotégés, clauses de confidentialité, embargos… Les journalistes musicaux se heurtent aux conditions de plus en plus drastiques imposées par […]

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17 Jun

20 questions about polls

The American National Council on Public Polls has a piece on its website that looks like a worthwhile read: 20 Questions A Journalist Should Ask About Poll Results. Hat tip […]

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17 Jun

CBC’s Mesley takes on advertorials in Brule’s new mag

Advertorials, a controversial trend in print journalism, were debated Monday night in an interview on CBC’s The National.  Wendy Mesley, in an arts and entertainment segment,  took on Tyler Brule, […]

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17 Jun

Stricter ban on naming violent youths

News and CommentaryYouths convicted of serious crimes like murder, manslaughter and violent sexual assaults will no longer automatically lose their anonymity. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in May that […]

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17 Jun

Upstart Quebec freesheet surviving

A free paper published by former journalists at the Journal du Québec has survived (thrived?) for 15 months. The paper was started to protest against the tabloid’s plans to integrate […]

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