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3 Jul

CBC Radio wins broadcaster of the year

With an impressive two Gold, four Silver and five Bronze World Medals, CBC Radio was named “broadcaster of the year” for the second year in a row at the New […]

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29 Jun

CBC radio host has Parkinson’s

Popular CBC morning radio host Andy Barrie announced to colleagues yesterday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Barrie, the 62-year-old host of the top-rated morning radio show in […]

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27 Jun

Black Press challenges Quebecor’s Osprey bid

(From Bloomberg.com) Osprey Media said it received a takeover bid of about $404 million from Black Press Ltd., topping a May 31 offer from Quebecor Media Inc. Osprey is giving Quebecor until July […]

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27 Jun

Dow Jones, NewsCorp. agree to protect WSJ

News Corp. and Dow Jones have agreed in principle on ways to ensure the Wall Street Journal’s independence, according to sources close to the deal. The issue of the newspaper’s […]

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25 Jun

Johnston strapped with suicide bomber belt

A video showing kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston wearing an explosives vest and requesting a peaceful resolution between negotiators was released Monday. In the video, Johnston asks Hamas and British governments […]

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21 Jun

Papers team up for Olympics

Seven publishing companies, including CanWest and Torstar, are forming a coalition to handle some aspects of news and advertising for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, CanWest reports. The venture, which will include 49 daily […]

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21 Jun

Worldwide vigil for kidnapped BBC reporter

A worldwide vigil is being held today for kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston to commemorate his 100th day in captivity. Colleagues from Washington, New York, Brussels, Jerusalem and Kabul, along […]

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21 Jun

Welch named CAJ president

Winnipeg Free Press reporter Mary Agnes Welch has been named president of the Canadian Association of Journalists. Welch, who succeeds Paul Schneidereit, has been on the CAJ board of directors […]

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19 Jun

Burman to leave CBC

Tony Burman, editor-in-chief at CBC, announced in a note to staff that he would be leaving after almost 35 years with the public broadcaster, CBC.ca reports. In the note, he […]

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18 Jun

Captors threaten BBC journalist’s life

(AP) The terrorist group that has been holding BBC correspondent Alan Johnston for three months threatened to kill him in a video broadcast Sunday by Al-Jazeera television.

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