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15 Dec

Radler granted parole

Former newspaper executive David Radler has been granted full parole from a Canadian prison, the Canadian Press reports. The parole board’s decision noted that Radler’s crime did not involve violence. […]

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12 Dec

Longtime Canadian journalist dies

Bob Hull, longtime editor and reporter, died in a Windsor hospital this week. Hull is former editor of the Owen Sound Sun Times and publisher of the North Bay Nugget. […]

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11 Dec

Rogers gets CRTC approval for 24-hour news channel

The CRTC has approved Rogers Broadcasting Ltd.’s application for a license to operate a 24-hour news and information channel to serve Greater Toronto. According to the CRTC decision, the “programming […]

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9 Dec

Back to school: foreign journalists in Canada

Sheridan College hopes its Canadian Journalism for Internationally Trained Writers program will help new Canadians get bylines and jobs. But, in a story for the online edition of the Ryerson […]

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8 Dec

CBC ombudsman’s review of reporter who fed questions to MP now public

CBC Ombudsman Vince Carlin released his report on Krista Erickson, the television reporter who was accused of feeding questions to a Liberal MP during the Mulroney-Schreiber hearings. Carlin’s conclusion? Erickson […]

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8 Dec

CBC to overhaul TV news divisions

CBC is planning to make changes to its television news divisions, including a rebranding of Newsworld and more airing of its flagship news program, The National. According to a Globe […]

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4 Dec

Globe to launch books site

The Globe and Mail has announced a new Books section will be launched online on January 10, 2009. Globe editor-in-chief,  Edward Greenspon said, in a news release: “At a time […]

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3 Dec

Layoffs at Rogers

Rogers Communications Inc. is the latest in a series of big media companies to layoff employees. The company has laid off about 100 people this week, approximately 65 of them […]

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2 Dec

National Post names new CEO

The outgoing head of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team, Paul Godfrey, will be the new CEO of the National Post, Canwest has announced. The position is newly created and […]

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2 Dec

Masthead Online to continue

North Island Publishing Ltd. announced it will continue publishing Masthead Online in 2009. Masthead said it was “inundated with comments, e-mails and phone calls from readers” and that many suggested […]

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