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24 Feb

Murdoch apologizes

Under his own byline, News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch apologized for an editorial cartoon run by The New York Post showing a police officer telling his colleague, who just shot […]

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23 Feb

Harper blocks public information (again)

“The (Stephen) Harper government has delayed for months the release of notes on conference calls held at the height of last summer’s deadly listeriosis outbreak — a lag some experts […]

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23 Feb

Will media critics get what they ask for?

Crawford Killian sums up the demise of media, on The Tyee blog, The Hook. His warning is spine-chilling: “News junkies, long disgusted with the quality of North American media, may […]

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23 Feb

Picket as Halifax layoffs loom

Unionized staff at the Halifax daily broadsheet Chronicle Herald, are not taking 20 union-only layoffs lying down: they staged an information picket Monday, the deadline to accept or reject a […]

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23 Feb

Reporters investigated Bailey killing, and made a difference

When Chauncey Bailey, the editor of The Oakland Post, in California, was gunned down in broad daylight, reported the New York Times, “the decimation of local media, … precluded large-scale […]

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23 Feb

Cheat sheet for newspaper biz models

Having trouble keeping track of the “how to save newspapers” business model options? Check out Pramit Singh’s list of 14 proposals and vote for your fave–or weigh in on what […]

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20 Feb

Aspers seek to avoid bankruptcy protection, keep control, of CanWest

CanWest is in crisis. Reports the Globe and Mail: “Leonard Asper is scrambling to secure a financial lifeline for CanWest Global Communications Corp. before the end of the month to […]

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19 Feb

Distressed American papers share content

Divided they fall, united they stand? Five big New York State papers, with a combined weekday circulation of more than 1.3 million, will share articles and photos,” reports the New […]

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18 Feb

Harper’s media control continues

Prime Minister Stephen Harper seemed to relax his controlling tendencies toward public information during last fall’s election and his tightrope walk to passing the federal budget. With American president Barack […]

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18 Feb

Science resource

The publishers of the science journal Nature have set up a free “science library and personal learning tool” for students. A scan of it shows that it’s also great for […]

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