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16 Apr

Billy Bob and journalism

Russell Smith reflects that the kerfuffle between CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi of Q and whatsits name … Billy Bob something… “can teach us a lot about the uneasy relationship […]

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15 Apr

Some papers thrive

There’s some good news for newspaper readership and advertising after all. Publishers of papers that serve Canada’s burgeoning ethnocultural communities are reporting gains in readers and are starting to attract […]

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14 Apr

CanWest reprieve

“Canwest Global Communications Corp (CGS.TO), Canada’s largest media company, announced yet another extension to lender talks on Tuesday as it fights a massive downturn in the advertising market,” reported Reuters. […]

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14 Apr

CanWest Eggs-ploration

CanWest shares today closed at a record low of 23 cents on the TSX, where the only two company news releases so far this week concern the company’s sponsorship of […]

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13 Apr

CanWest woes

CanWest Global closed the day’s trading on the TSX Monday at a record low of 25 cents following a slew of critical assessments of its financial crisis. Reported Editor and […]

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13 Apr

Derek Weiler dead at 40

Derek Weiler, literary critic and editor-in-chief of Canadian book industry magazine Quill & Quire, has died at age 40. Quill & Quire reported his death on its web site, and […]

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9 Apr

NY Times goes “Global”

The New York Times has launched its “Global Edition,” combining the international reporting of the Times and the International Herald Tribune to provide a “24/7 flow of geopolitical, business, sports […]

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9 Apr

Planned ‘low profit’ media considered

The Tyee asks: “Could New Breed of ‘Low Profit’ Firms Save Our News Media?” A story considers whether hybrid ownership models, now operating in US and UK using charitable and […]

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8 Apr

Police camera seizures

UPDATE April 8: The BC Civil Liberties Association thanked the Chief of the Vancouver Police Department for moving to clarify police policy around seizing cameras from the public and forapologizing […]

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8 Apr

A freelance journalist’s travels in Afghanistan

Naheed Mustafa, a Toronto-based freelance broadcaster and writer currently in Afghanistan working on several stories about ordinary people, writes about her travels through parts of the country she calls “the […]

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