Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Bell’s $80 million response to Quebecor’s stance against Astral takeover, CRTC favours CBC Music in a challenge against the broadcaster, what CBC can learn from London 2012 and the struggling side of Reuters. And today’s read: after interviewing some of Marineland’s previous employees, the Toronto Star has learned that animals…
Last month's Danzig Street shooting in Scarborough, Ont. left two dead, 23 wounded and the media in a frenzy. Reporters flooded the neighbourhood, used social media to track down sources and wrote endlessly about the event. Priya Ramanujam, a journalist and resident of Scarborough, finds some media coverage lacked an understanding of the neighbourhood and its residents. …
Toronto jail guard Andrea Roussel told her story about working even after her sex reassignment surgery. What was it like telling all to the Toronto Star's Peter Edwards. Roussel tells Romayne Smith Fullerton.
Local television news shows may be hit hard as funding from the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) disappears over the next two years. Angelina Irinici reports why the CRTC feels the fund has served its purpose and what broadcasters think of its elimination.
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Postmedia cuts shift decisions to Hamilton, report says Canada has high concentration of media ownership in TV industry, are journos who’ve been caught plagiarizing being stretched too thing?, and former BBC head, Mark Thompson, named new CEO of New York Times Company. And today’s read: Three Canadian cities…
In the wake of Postmedia cuts, the Montreal Gazette is changing its newspaper into more of a newsmagazine, focusing on more analysis rather than breaking news.
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: On repurposing published work in Canada vs. U.S., Olympic viewer numbers released, National Post’s graphics editor shows readers how to pack for war and Cosmopolitan magazine editor dies at 90. And today’s read: American historian says Canada has six distinct cultural zones.
Ottawa Citizen reporter Zev Singer found a missing man at a bus stop after seeing his photo in a news release put out by police.
Brand journalism is becoming increasingly popular and will continue to grow as new journalism business models arise, which means both good and bad news for traditional media. Ira Basen explains what brand journalism is, the arguments behind it and what challenges it creates for traditional journalism.
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