The controversy over marking the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham has crossed over into freedom of expression territory. Though there hasn’t been an actual attempt to prevent a reading of the manifesto of the Front de liberation du Quebec as part of the event, federalists are complaining that the reading…
U.S. media companies suffered a devastating decline in advertising revenue during the first six months of this year, according to a Nielsen report. Biggest losers included the newspaper and magazine sectors. Gainers included infomercials and smartphone ads.
Five Australian-based TV journalists vanished in October 1975, while trying to draw attention to a story much of the world was content to ignore – the brutal Indonesian invasion of East Timor. The disappearance of these young reporters, who came to be known as the Balibo Five, is the subject of a new film starring…
Esprit de Corps editor Scott Taylor is taken to task for irresponsible behaviour in a new review by J-Source contributor, Jeffrey Dvorkin. Taylor – a former soldier – writes about carrying weapons when he was embedded as a freelancer with a Canadian unit in the Balkans in 1988. He says he fired a pistol towards…
NewsA tribunal has struck down a controversial provision of Canada’s Human Rights Act that bans hate speech on the Internet. Section 13, already the target of an independent review into its broad scope and potential for abuse, violates the constitutional right to free speech, the vice-chair of the Canadian Human Rights Commission ruled Sept. 2.…
With the New York Times and Wall Street Journal looking at launching hyperlocal news sites in San Francisco, community reaction is mixed, according to Mission Loc@l, an existing neighbourhood news site. Mission Loc@l started in 2008 as a hyperlocal news site serving the Mission District. It is part of an initiative in hyperlocal coverage developed…
“Read a good newspaper … it will be your path to the world at large,” advises James MacGregor Burns, an American professor emeritus, in a New York Times back-to-college column. The cynic in me wonders if the good professor would have the same advice were he younger, with a youthful perspective on social online media…
CommentaryDo journalists have the right to protect a confidential source? Can a news outlet be sued for libel if it made every effort to get the story right? Does publicizing a crime make it impossible for the suspect to have a fair trial? These issues are on the Supreme Court of Canada’s docket this fall…
North America’s largest French language newspaper will stop publication on Dec. 1 unless it wins major concessions from 700 employees, reports Associated Press.Vice President Caroline Jamet has announced that both the paper and online version of the 125-year-old newspaper will cease publication in three months, unless costs are cut dramatically. The company wants eliminate 100…
La Cour d’appel du Québec a tranché : les actionnaires sont en droit de connaître la situation financière d’une entreprise et ses filiales. Ainsi, Power Corporation devra divulguer les résultats financiers de sa filiale Gesca, confirmant ainsi le jugement de la Cour supérieure. Le lendemain de cette nouvelle, Guy Crevier, éditeur de La Presse a fait…