Archive
8 Jun

Quebec Press Council in crisis

The president and the VP of the Quebec Press Council have stepped down. Criticism of the organization’s role and relevance abounds. Many of its members are migrating elsewhere. In this ProjetJ feature, […]

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4 Jun

Canwest restructuring?

Creditors of Canwest Global Communications Corp. (CGS) are bringing in a senior executive to lead a financial restructuring of the company, “possibly superseding chief executive officer Leonard Asper,” reported the […]

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4 Jun

Video: I Want Media panel on future of journalism

I Want Media, the website project of New York University journalism professor Patrick Phillips, brought together five leading U.S. media folks to discuss the future of the industry. Phillips moderated […]

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4 Jun

Mansbridge “flying blind” without prompter

When computer systems crashed at CBC headquarters June 1, The National anchor Peter Mansbridge was left reading the news from papers on his desk instead of the usual teleprompter. The […]

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3 Jun

Quit whining and swing for the fences: a newspaper success story

In his July 2009 editor’s letter, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter gives newspapers a little advice: “My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read […]

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3 Jun

CTV reports on secret documents left behind at news studio

After waiting six days, CTV News reported secret information found in a binder Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt, or one of her aides, left at its news studio after an […]

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1 Jun

A week of magazines in Toronto

Canadian magazine biz folks are gathering in Toronto this week, as two industry conferences hit the city, Magnet, run by Magazines Canada, and Mags U, run by Canadian Business Press. […]

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29 May

Canwest misses payment

Canwest Global Communications announced that its newspaper division subsidiary “has decided to not make payments totalling approximately $10 million due under its senior secured credit facility on May 29, 2009, […]

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29 May

Paul Wells on Greenspon’s departure

Maclean’s columnist Paul Wells is a former Globe and Mail subscriber. After reading it daily for 20 years, he gave it up — and his decision had nothing to do […]

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29 May

Editors and writers weigh in on Finkle’s new freelancers’ agency

After the launch of the Canadian Writers Group (CWG) earlier this month, Masthead Online asked a selection of editors and writers what they think about the new freelance writers’ agency. […]

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