Monthly Archives: April 2012

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Written on Apr, 21, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: straightgoods.ca Watchdogs need more teeth as well as public and industry support. Dateline: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 by John Gordon Miller, Ryerson University In a new questionnaire about the future of press councils in Canada, we are asked, “In your opinion, how accountable are news organizations to the publics they serve?” I suspect almost no one will answer “very accountable.” …

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Written on Apr, 12, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source:theglobeandmail.com The Ottawa Citizen and Vancouver Sun are putting up online paywalls and the National Post will sell its headquarters as Postmedia Network Inc.(PNC.B-T3.50-0.50-12.50%) struggles in a bleak advertising market that it doesn’t see improving any time soon. Read full story here

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Written on Apr, 04, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: theglobeandmail.com Hey, did you guys see that video of the drunk guy singing Bohemian Rhapsody? How about last weekend’s punch-up between Justin Trudeau and Patrick Brazeau? Awesome, right? Though, true, not as awesome as those news stories about pink slime in fast food and crushed bugs in frappuccinos. In the cultural marketplace that assigns high values to buzzy ephemera through traffic …

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Written on Apr, 02, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: thetyee.com Young workers prepare to re-shape unions for the 21st century. They sign up new members, they organize picket lines and demonstrations, they conduct high school classes in labour rights and workplace safety, and they cook meals for fundraising events to send young workers on solidarity trips to Cuba, South Africa and Central America. One even came back from …

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