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2 Apr

What magazine would you pay for online?

Are there any magazines you’d be willing to pay to read online? When a bunch of mag types were gathered in March at a fundraiser for The Ryerson Review of […]

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2 Apr

Without newspapers citizens are vulnerable: Neil Macdonald

In a recent column for CBC, Washington correspondent for The National, Neil Macdonald, writes:“…the public does remain relatively well informed. And let’s be honest, a great deal of the credit […]

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2 Apr

Huff Post to save investigative journalism?

The Huffington Post is teaming up with donors to create a non-profit fund for investigative journalism. The Huffington Post Investigative Fund will be funded by the Huff Post and The Atlantic […]

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1 Apr

NYT publisher: lightweight cheerleader — or last, best defender?

“With a doomsday clock ticking for newspapers as we know them, no one has more at stake than fourth-generation New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., who is scrambling […]

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30 Mar

Record profit for European newspaper Bild

“As the death toll in the American newspaper industry mounted this month, the German publisher Axel Springer, which owns Bild, the biggest newspaper in Europe, reported the highest profit in […]

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30 Mar

Alt-obscenity

Here’s a lede you’ll see only in alt-media: “Shane McConkey was one crazy motherfucker.”Will that kind of a lead consign the outlet that runs it (in this case, by the […]

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30 Mar

Lose the jargon, academics told

“Academic jargon that obscures meaning must be replaced by crisp, understandable conclusions,” said an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The essay, written by CMAJ section editor Noni MacDonald […]

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28 Mar

Harper’s media management, and U.S. access.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has not granted an interview to The Canadian Press, Canada’s national news service, since December 2007, reported CP. However, he is in the U.S. this […]

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27 Mar

12 steps to understanding the future of news

Many pundits have recently published their views on how journalism is going to survive. Jay Rosen’s “Flying Seminar in the Future of News” selects 12 must-read articles on the subject (all published […]

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26 Mar

CBC English cuts in detail

Details about the cuts and changes to CBC English programming were laid out to staff today during a town hall meeting helmed by Richard Stursberg, VP English Services. Here’s a breakdown of the […]

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