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24 Apr

UPDATED: Layoffs coming at Vancouver Sun and The Province

<p>Staff at <em>The Province</em> and the <em>Vancouver Sun</em> are bracing themselves for impending layoffs to achieve “dramatic staff reductions.”</p><p>In a bluntly-worded four-page <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/137810233/Vancouver-memo">memo</a> sent to all employees on Wednesday, Pacific Newspaper Group president and publisher Gordon Fisher said the two competing newspapers have seen an “alarming and unprecedented revenue declines,” and layoffs will likely follow a voluntary buyout program that will be launched soon. </p>

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24 Apr

UPDATED: Saskatoon gets its first local CBC radio morning show; does not have CRTC licence

<p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CBC SK.jpg" title="" /></p><p><em>All photos courtesy of CBC. From L-R: Newsreader Dan Kerslake, Producer Kim Garritty, Online Host Matt Kruchak, Host Leisha Grebinski.</em></p>

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23 Apr

Live blog of The Walking Dead: Do Traditional Art Critics Have A Future?

<p>With armchair art and theatre critics proliferating online, media cutbacks reducing the number of those who critique for a living, and celebrity news trumping cultural coverage, is the relevance of the traditional art and theatre critic less--or greater--than it once was? This discussion explores the Internet's impact on art criticism, and what it means for the arts and its audiences.

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18 Apr

La Presse takes big gamble with launch of free tablet edition

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/ACT-UNE2.png" title="" /></p><p>Montreal-based <em>La Presse</em> has launched tablet edition of the French daily today for free, after investing $40 million. </p>

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18 Apr

Happy Birthday Sun News Network (and why it might not get another one after the CRTC hearings)

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Sun News.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Steve Faguy</strong></p><p>April 18 marks Sun News Network's second birthday. But unless it gets some help from government regulators, it might not see a third.</p>

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22 Mar

J-Source liveblogged CJF J-Talk: How Social Media Is Changing Politics And Reporting

<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="600" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v5.aspx?Id=90233&ThemeId=4601" style="border: 1px solid #000" width="400"></iframe></p>

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15 Mar

Future of Media: Branded content?

<p><a href="http://digitaljournal.com/">Digital Journal</a> put together a <a href="http://digitaljournal.com/article/342318">Future of Media</a> panel on branded content and its role in the newsroom. <a href="http://storify.com/jsource/future-of-media-branded-content#publicize">Here</a> is J-Source's round-up of <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FOM2013&src=typd">#FOM2013</a> from March 14.</p><p> </p>

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12 Mar

CBC opens first new radio station in Ontario in 40 years

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>CBC opened a new radio station in Kitchener-Waterloo, the first one in the province in 40 years. The new station, dubbed CBCKW, aired on 89.1 FM for the first time on Monday March 11 at 6 am with a brand new three-hour show called “The Morning Edition.” Previously, listeners could only tune in to the Toronto-based CBC Metro Morning show.</p>

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21 Feb

10 buzzworthy announcements and pronouncements from Social Media Weekend 2013

<p><strong>By Shauna Rempel</strong></p><p>Social media developments tend to move at lightning speed.</p><p>Ever-improving technology, shifting user preferences and a new platform seemingly every week—it's a constant effort to keep up.</p><p>The latest <a href="http://socmediaweekend.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Social Media Weekend</a> at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism attempted to shine a light on the latest trends, new tools and recent developments, while looking toward the future of media in general and social media in particular.</p>

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30 Nov

Covering the U.S. election through expat eyes: The Globe and Mail’s citizen journalism project

<p><strong>By Chris Hannay, <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/11/citizen-journalism-across-the-49th-parallel-how-the-globe-and-mail-used-expats-to-cover-the-u-s-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for The Nieman Lab</a></strong></p><p>Politics in the United States is, for a lot of Canadians, a kind of spectator sport. Our border is so porous that most Canadians have some kind of link to the United States, whether we go there for work, school, or love, or just have a family member that has.</p>

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