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10 Oct

“Malleable and predictable” news editors get promoted, says Hersh

When it comes to covering U.S. politics in recent years, journalists failed, says American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. Hersh spoke on the CBC cultural affairs show Q October 9th, just […]

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8 Oct

Rivard video a “defining moment” in media history

Author and former media chief for Brian Mulroney, William Fox, examines the role of social media in the current federal election campaign in a Globe and Mail “Fox on News” […]

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6 Oct

Vancouver Sun gets an update

The Canwest-owned Vancouver Sun has made some changes to the structure and content of its print edition. On Oct. 4, editor-in-chief Patricia Graham explained the changes to readers in a […]

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3 Oct

Bylines pulled at the Gazette

Staff at the Canwest-owned Montreal Gazette pulled their bylines Oct. 2, as a work-to-rule campaign went into effect, according to a Montreal Newspaper Guild (MNG) press release. The guild said […]

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2 Oct

NowPublic releases list of most visible web figures in Vancouver

Vancouver-based citizen journalism site NowPublic teamed up with the Vancouver Sun to create The MostPublic Index, a listing of the city’s top 20 most visible figures on the web. According […]

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2 Oct

Study on mag salaries underway

How much are magazine editors, writers, designers and other staffers paid? What do benefit packages and long-term incentives look like in the industry? These are the questions Magazines Canada plans […]

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2 Oct

Union negotiations continue at Free Press

The Winnipeg Free Press landed on readers’ doorsteps a little late this morning, and on its website the paper’s editors apologized and cited “production problems” as the cause of the […]

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1 Oct

Two news websites revamped

The Halifax Chronicle Herald and The Toronto Star have both made some cosmetic changes to their news websites recently. And both ran front-page explanatory notes to readers about the changes. […]

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1 Oct

Toronto Star publisher quits

Toronto Star publisher Jagoda Pike has stepped down from the position, leaving Torstar Corp. with the task of hunting down a permanent replacement. In the meantime former Canwest exec Don […]

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26 Sep

Chtelaine editor prompts fury in Quebec

Calls for a boycott and subscription cancellations erupted in Quebec after Châtelaine editor-in-chief Lise Ravary published statements suggesting the Quebec Status of Women Council (QSW) be abolished. The statements published […]

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