Archive
9 Nov

CanWest cuts newsroom staff

Hello? Hello! Is anybody reading this stuff? Does anybody care? Or are Canadians — and the Canadian journalists who ought to be especially concerned here — really a bunch of […]

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6 Nov

Broadcast subscriber fees considered

Canada’s federal broadcast regulator will consider the issue of a subscriber fee to fund the operations of conventional over-the-air broadcasters, reported CBC. The decision to consider such a fee, to […]

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4 Nov

The Irvings and the courts

Declaring that an Irving-owned newspaper “cannot claim a monopoly over advertisers or its customers,” a New Brunswick judge has cleared the way for a publisher to compete against the Irving […]

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3 Nov

News and thoughts about CanWest

As it continues to lose operations money and to cut journalism jobs, media conglomerate CanWest Global reported a Q4 rise in its net profits, to $197 million from $155 million, […]

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3 Nov

Zahra Kazemi ruling expected

There are reports that Iran’s supreme court will soon rule in the case of  Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian photographer , who died in a Tehran prison in June 2003. An […]

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1 Nov

Stop deregulation, says coalition opposed to CRTC policies

A coalition of 18 artist and business groups from across Canada has asked Canadian Heritage Minister Josée Verner to rein in the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. The CRTC, under […]

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1 Nov

Wolf’s claims of fascism: true or false?

“What do you think when you hear someone like Naomi Wolf comparing America to a fascist state? If you were reporting about her arguments and claims, how would you proceed?” […]

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30 Oct

Coyne joins Maclean’s

Andrew Coyne will become the national editor of Maclean’s newsmagazine, announced publisher and editor-in-chief Ken Whyte. Coyne will join Maclean’s in early November, said a press release, noting that Coyne […]

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28 Oct

Nolen wins PEN Courage award

Globe and Mail Africa correspondent Stephanie Nolen won the 2007 PEN Canada Paul Kidd Courage Prize, for her coverage of the AIDS crisis in Africa. (Nolen’s 28: Stories of AIDS […]

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28 Oct

Press gallery dinner

“It was enough to melt the heart of a cynical scribe: a standing ovation for two Conservative cabinet ministers – from the parliamentary press gallery,” leads John Ward of the […]

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