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21 Feb

Adbusters vs CBC & Global

Adbusters, a guerilla-media, anti-consumerist, magazine-publishing alternate media entity, lost its bid to force Global and CBC television to air Adbuster commercials spoofing multinational corporations and the media, reported the Canadian […]

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21 Feb

U.S. law guide for bloggers

It’s American, but Canadians might be interested in the new guide for bloggers and others, developed by the Citizen Media Law Project. It bills itself as “intended for use by […]

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21 Feb

Welcome to the machine

By Andrew Flynn The Internet has turned the common business journalist into a kind information commando — the pressure to seek, obtain and quickly disseminate news demands a nimble expert […]

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20 Feb

La liberté des statues

Nathalie Petrowski, Cyberpresse.ca | Que l’on soit scénariste ou non, la leçon de scénarisation de Denys Arcand promettait d’être l’événement de la journée, lundi, aux Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.Une heure […]

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20 Feb

CRTC patronage charged

Critics are calling the appointment of a one-time Conservative candidate to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission a case of patronage by the governing Conservatives. Federal Heritage Minister Josee Verner […]

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20 Feb

Fining (and maybe jailing) messengers

The prosecution/persecution of American journalist Toni Locy, reported in the New York Times in a story excerpted below, highlights the need for shield laws for journalists and how authorities are […]

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20 Feb

Shuffle at CBC

The Globe and Mail is reporting the possibility of a major senior management shuffle at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Details are scarce, but sources indicate that the shuffle may involve […]

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19 Feb

Thomson gets Reuters

BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Regulators in Europe, the United States and Canada conditionally approved Thomson Corp’s acquisition of Reuters, a deal that will create the world’s leading provider of news and […]

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19 Feb

Changements climatiques et médias ne font pas bon ménage

Agence Science-Presse | Quel est le plus grand danger qui menace la couverture journalistique des changements climatiques? Les médias eux-mêmes et leur culture du clip? Le risque que le public […]

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19 Feb

Denys Arcand chasse les journalistes d’une présentation

La Presse Canadienne | Le réalisateur Denys Arcand a chassé les journalistes d’une leçon publique de scénarisation qu’il donnait, lundi après-midi, dans le cadre des Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. Avant […]

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