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12 Jun

Rogers to buy Citytv stations

Rogers Media is buying the five Citytv stations CTVglobemedia Inc. was ordered to sell for approximately $375 million. The stations are in Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and Vancouver, where CTV already has […]

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12 Jun

Journalism training from Reuters

This site provides links to a variety of resources from Reuters Foundation, which offers a variety of training programs for journalists around the globe. It also offers customized training programs for […]

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11 Jun

Fewer U.S. journalists seeking fellowships

The New York Times reports that Stanford, M.I.T. and Harvard experienced a decline in journalists seeking to specialize in business, science or other disciplines, but foreign applications are pouring in […]

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8 Jun

CTVglobemedia must sell 5 CITY-TV stations

Canada’s broadcast regulator has approved CTVglobemedia’s bid to buy CHUM Ltd., but says it must sell five TV stations in the process, ReportonBusiness.com says. The CRTC said ownership of CITY-TV stations […]

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7 Jun

CJF award winners announced

LEFT: Norman Webster holds up his Lifetime Achievement Award, while presenter Vince Borg looks on. RIGHT: Honoured guest Graydon Carter regales the audience with tales of celebrity coverage, 9/11 aftermath […]

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7 Jun

Toronto Star reporter named Atkinson fellow

Judy Steed is this year’s Atkinson fellow, winning $100,000 to fund a project entitled, “Aging: The Myths, the New Research, the Hidden Poverty, Transformative Models and Public Policy Innovation.” Steed […]

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5 Jun

Two arrested in Pearl murder

Police in Pakistan have arrested two men wanted in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, Canoe.ca reports via an AP story. The Wall Street Journal reporter was kidnapped […]

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4 Jun

U.S. newspapers shun Stanley Cup

Of the 24 U.S. markets that have teams in the NHL, only nine were represented at the first three games of the Stanley Cup series. The NHL is responding with […]

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1 Jun

Quebecor, Torstar proud new parents

Quebecor Inc., owner of the Sun chain of newspapers as well as Le Journal in Quebec, has acquired Osprey Media Income Fund in a $517-million deal. Osprey operates 54 newspapers, including the […]

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30 May

Finkle hearing underway

Forcing Derek Finkle to turn over his source materials is a classic fishing expedition that would undermine press freedoms and do nothing to solve the crime, an Ontario court heard Tuesday. Finkle, […]

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