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20 Feb

Star P.M. now in PDF or on PDA

Star P.M., the Toronto Star’sdownloadable newspaper,can now be viewed on mobile devices. The newspaper was previously offered in a PDF formatthat couldbe downloaded and printed.

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16 Feb

Student leaders caught posing as journalists

Members of student organizations at post-secondary institutions said they were journalists in order to get into a press conference featuring universities and colleges minister Chris Bentley, the Excalibur reports. The […]

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14 Feb

Newspapers win copyright suit against Google

ABelgian coalition of 17 newspapers has wonits case against Google News after complaining that the aggregator displayed headlines,leads and photos without the newspapers’permission. The coalition also claimed Google Search violated […]

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13 Feb

City News’s Silverman on YouTube

A CNN broadcast of an episode of City News’s Silverman Helps has become a big hit on YouTube. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper introduces the news segment which features 75-year-old correspondent […]

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12 Feb

AP partners with citizen journalists

The Associated Press is collaborating with NowPublic.com, a network of news-gatherers based in Vancouver, with a goal of expanding the world’s access to breaking news. Contributions from the citizen journalists […]

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12 Feb

Toro suspends publication

The men’s magazine Toro has been given the axe, CBC reports. Publisher Dinah Quattrin said the magazine, which launched in 2003, is a victim of a limited advertising pool and […]

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9 Feb

Corriere Canadese editor receives honor

Elena Caprile, editor-in-chief of Corriere Canadese, Canada’s Italian-language newspaper, was honored for her long career by the consul-general of Italy last week. Emanuele Punzo presented Caprile with the Cavaliere dell’Ordine […]

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8 Feb

NBC newsman denies leak to VP aide

“Meet The Press” hostTim Russerttestified that he never discussed aCIA operative with vice-presidential aide Lewis (Scooter) Libby. Libby, currentlyon trial for perjury and obstruction of justice, has said Russertidentifed the […]

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7 Feb

CanWest plans newspaper income trust buyback

CanWest Global Communications Corp. is considering selling off some of its Australian and New Zealand media assets in a bid to buy back its newspaper income trust, reported the Globe […]

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6 Feb

CBC-TV head criticizes cable companies

The head of CBC-TV yesterday criticized two of Canada’s leading cable companies for their refusal to pay into the Canadian Television Fund. Richard Stursberg, executive vice president of CBC-TV, said […]

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