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23 Apr

CBC too TO-centric?

Guest blogger Zeff Davies at backofthebook.calaments CBC’s penchant for hiring Torontonians as program hosts.

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22 Apr

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20 Apr

Craigslist not a threat to newspapers, says founder

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark insists that his free classifieds site is not a threat to the newspaper industry, andforecasts “professional and citizen journalism blurring together.” Newmark spoke earlier this week […]

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12 Apr

Today’s front pages: newspaper front pages from 55 countries

This Newseum.org feature displays 581 newspaper front pages from 55 countries, with links to each publication. You can scan the gallery of front pages, view the newspapers in a list […]

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12 Apr

Should Arar sources get “burned”?

In the wake of the Maher Arar case, Toronto Star columnist Kelly Toughill looks at pitfalls reporters and editors face when using anonymous sources. Respected news outlets printed false facts […]

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5 Apr

The Trial of Conrad Black blog

Toronto Life contributor Douglas Bell edits The Trial of Conrad Black: A Daily Digest of Courtroom Activity for Avid Observers. The blog employs a stable of five writers to contribute […]

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5 Apr

Barbara Amiel columns now sideshow

Douglas Bell chronicles Barbara “Lady Black” Amiel’s career in his Toronto Life column, “Sideshow Barb.” He suggests that since her husband Conrad Black’s downfall and subsequent trial, Amiel’s columns in […]

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5 Apr

The catty is out of the bag

When Barbara Amiel recently called a female CBC reporter a “slut” and all journalists “vermin” outside the courtroom of her husband’s Chicago trial, the catty was out of the bag. […]

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5 Apr

Downfall of Andres Martinez

Felix Gillette, a New York Observer columnist, chronicles the recent downfall of Andres Martinez, editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times.

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5 Apr

“I’m from Rolling Stone” fails to engage viewers

Tad Friend, feature reporter for The New Yorker, reviews the MTV reality show “I’m from Rolling Stone,”which failed to attract an audience.

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