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    “Creative destruction” and the WSJ

    “Suck it up,” an editorial in the Wall Street Journal seems to tell WSJ staffers: “Those of us who extol the virtues of Joseph Schumpeter’s “creative destruction” for others can’t complain when it sweeps through our own industry.” The piece — in the context, of course, of the journal’s mooted sale to Rupert Murdoch or…

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    CRTC new focus of “media democracy” movement

    The CRTC has become the target of a new media democracy movement, and TorStar media columnist Antonia Zerbisias has a column about it — and the grassroots media activists, lawyers, academics, labour groups and cultural nationalists involved. They want Canadians to write to the CRTC by July 18, the deadline for its September hearings on…

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    “A hoot”

    The Washington Post’s Gene Weingarten outsources himself. Using web resources only, he reports on some sort of Indian political meeting with some sort of people in some sort of strange clothes, who made lots of some sort of strange noise. If you’re a newspaper publisher in India he’ll sell you the rights to his story…

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    Terrorisme : lheure des amateurs

    Richard Hétu, La Presse Personne ne pourra accuser le New York Times de profiter de l’histoire du complot terroriste déjoué à l’aéroport JFK afin de vendre des journaux. Dimanche, le quotidienn’a même pas jugé nécessaire de publier son reportage surcette affaire à la unede son premier cahier.

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    Colloque: Les mises en scène du discours médiatique

    Laboratoire de recherche sur les stratégies de communication à l’oral, Université Laval Des chercheurs des sciences du langage et des sciences de la communication participeront à ce colloque universitaire, du 21 au 23 juin au Département d’information et de communication de l’Université Laval. Au programme: la description des genres médiatiques oraux (émissions de services ou…

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    Quand les jeunes médias font lEurope

    Emmanuel Lemoine, APÉM L’association European Youth Press regroupe de nombreux réseaux de médias jeunes de toute l’Europe pour les aider à travailler en réseau. Cette année, elle organise pour la première fois un événement à l’échelle européenne: le congrès européen de la presse jeune.

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    Wanted: Libel law for a digital age

    CommentaryMumsnet, a community website where women give advice, support and friendship, has apologized to a controversial childcare guru who sued over disparaging comments posted by some of its users. Mumsnet co-founder Justine Roberts, writing in the Press Gazette, says it’s time Britain’s libel laws caught up with the digital age and stopped treating web forums like…

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    Libel-proofing CAR investigations

    Tip SheetNumbers don’t lie – or do they? The conclusions drawn from a computer-assisted reporting (CAR) investigation could be incorrect or tarnish the reputation of a person or company. Making sure the story is accurate, complete and libel-proof is as important as re-checking the math. Toronto Star investigative reporter Rob Cribb and University of King’s…