Barbara Moon, remembered
Before Barbara Moon stopped writing and became a legendary editor “she wrote – as all good writers do – from the edges of her nerves ….
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“Not spin doctors,” says RCMP spokesman
Former RCMP spokesman Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre told a public inquiry he did “absolutely not” intentionally give the media inaccurate information following Robert Dziekanski’s death…
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rabble.ca on newspaper woes
Asked a forum organized by rabble.ca, “What’s wrong with our newspapers?” Answers from Peter C. Newman, Linda McQuaig and Wayne MacPhail included, respectively, “boring,” “corporate ownership,” and “anti-union intentions.” “The bad news about the news,” a report of the event by rabble.ca columnist Duncan Cameron, concludes with a call for community ownership.
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More bloggers than bartenders
In the United States, reports the Wall Street Journal, more people now blog for a living than program computers, fight fires or tend bar; there are now nearly as many bloggers as there are lawyers. And “s bloggers have increased in numbers, the number of journalists has significantly declined,” notes the WSJ. Excerpts: Less and…
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NYT massive loss
The New York Times Company reported a first-quarter loss of $74.5 million on Tuesday, compared with a loss of $335,000 in the period a year ago, as it joined the roster of newspaper companies recording the steepest advertising declines in generations, reported the newspaper. Gah.
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Harper’s mysterious Jamaican news conference
“Why is PM Harper letting a pro-Israel think tank organize a press conference for him?” Twitters Canadianmags. The tweet links to David Akin’s blog post about Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s conference call, from Jamaica, “organized by the Washington-based advocacy group The Israel Project … which decided which reporters to invite in on the call.” Most…
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Pulitzer peacockery
Slate‘s Jack Shafer thinks America’s Pulitzer Prizes — announced today — are mere “industry peacockery.” Shafer says Joseph Pulitzer was “one of the inventors of yellow journalism,” and today’s prizes are too narrow: “Even the Academy Awards are more ecumenical than the Pulitzers, honoring foreign films, short subjects, technical achievement, animated features, and even the…
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Iran sentences US-born journalist to 8 years
A court in Iran sentenced Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi to eight years in prison for spying…
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Newsprint producer files for bankruptcy
AbitibiBowater, the world’s biggest newsprint producer, has filed for bankruptcy protection. It was only a matter of time …. Reports by the Globe and Mail here, Bloomberg, Financial Post…
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Billy Bob and journalism
The kerfuffle between CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi of Q and whatsits name … Billy Bob something… reveals much about the uneasy relationship between the arts media and the most popular entertainers, reflects Russell Smith ….