Steve Proulx, Voir | D’un côté, il y a eu notre beigeasse élection fédérale. De l’autre, il y a la présidentielle américaine. Le premier événement a été presque aussi palpitant qu’une attente chez le dentiste. Le deuxième a fourni autant de rebondissements à la minute qu’un épisode de 24. Dans les deux cas cependant, on…
Sophie Cousineau, Cyberpresse | (…) Déformation professionnelle, j’ai été frappée par la suppression de 1000 postes dans les rédactions des journaux américains Gannett, il y en a 84 en tout, le plus connu étant le USA Today. Ceci explique cela : les dernières données du Audit Bureau of Circulation, qui fait autorité, font montre d’une autre…
Paul Bradshaw – a British journalist, university lecturer and author of the Online Journalism Blog – has created a social networking site for journalism researchers. “It’s an attempt to provide a way for journalism students and academics to get in touch with others researching the same area, exchange ideas and tips, and ask for help…
Aboriginal People’s Television Network asked in an episode of its program Contact, “Is the mainstream media part of the problem?” ….
A ruling by the the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission includes provision for a new fund to support local news programming in markets under one million people, with cable and satellite distributors contributing about $60-million a year, reported the Globe and Mail. The CRTC release is here.A Globe and Mail story is here.
The latest report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation shows U.S. newspaper circulation declined 4.6 per cent in the six months ending in September, 2008. The report covers 507 daily newspapers. Declines were worst in large cities, but even quality titles such as the New York Times were not immune to the trend.
Hope for struggling newspaper companies and discouraged journalists came from an unlikely quarter this week. Lauren Rich Fine was the most powerful media-stock analyst on Wall Street for more than a decade. She built her career telling newspapers how to maximize profits to boost share price, then retired a year ago. Thursday she delivered an…
Hope for struggling newspaper companies and discouraged journalists came from an unlikely quarter this week. Lauren Rich Fine was the most powerful media-stock analyst on Wall Street for more than a decade. She built her career telling newspapers how to maximize profits to boost share price, then retired a year ago. Thursday she delivered an…
“CIRCULATION GROWS” could be a screaming headline in 72-point with multiple exclamation marks. But, oddly, it arrived in my inbox today as a mere item in the latest e-bulletin of the Canadian Newspaper Association…
Marie-Andrée Chouinard, Le Devoir | Futé, le Parti conservateur? En choisissant d’accréditer des blogueurs au même titre que des journalistes lors de son prochain congrès, le parti de Stephen Harper adopte une pratique en vogue aux États-Unis, où ce mélange des genres est légion. Il s’agit là d’une inquiétante confusion.