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22 Sep

“Scud stud” Kent reaches settlement in lawsuit

Arthur Kent, well-known for his reporting of the scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991, has reached a settlement in the lawsuit he brought against Universal Studios, according […]

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22 Sep

Election tightens media policies: news report

The current election campaign has shut reporters out of Parks Canada, according to a recent story in the Canmore, Alta.-based Rocky Mountain Outlook. A Sept. 18th story in the Outlook […]

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18 Sep

Honderich, Segal to receive honorary doctorates

Former Toronto Star publisher John Honderich and former publisher of Maclean’s magazine Brian Segal are slated to receive hononary doctorates from Ryerson University. The two have been selected to be […]

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17 Sep

CBC Radio hires new exec director

Denise Donlon has been named as the new executive director of radio for CBC English Services.  Donlon, 52, is a former president of Sony Music Canada as well as former […]

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12 Sep

Lawsuit against Globe and Wong to continue

A judge has tossed out a motion brought by The Globe and Mail requesting the court throw out a suit against it and reporter Jan Wong.  The suit at issue […]

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11 Sep

Canwest drops libel suit against Tyee

Canwest Global Communications Corp. has dropped its libel suit against B.C.-based online magazine The Tyee, the site reports. The suit was in relation to Dec. 2007 opinion piece written by […]

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11 Sep

FP mag “revived”

Financial Post Business magazine has been renamed and revamped. The first issue of the newly rebranded Financial Post Magazine was distributed through the National Post newspaper on Sept. 9. The […]

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10 Sep

UBC tracks social media buzz around elections

As the campaigns hit the road (and the web), the UBC School of Journalism has launched an online project that tracks the social media buzz around the election. NetPrimeMinister.ca aggregates blog […]

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9 Sep

Carleton launches election blog

Carleton University’s School of Journalism has launched a new blog, called Campaign Perspectives 2008, about the federal election. Carleton’s faculty includes many of Canada’s senior political reporters, who have covered […]

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8 Sep

$2.5 million ransom demand for kidnapped journalist

Reports say the Somalian kidnappers of several journalists, including Canadian Amanda Lindhout, want a ransom of about $2.5-million for Lindhout’s release. A CanWest story said the freelance Alberta journalist Australian […]

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