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…
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.
“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…
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…
A court in Iran sentenced Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi to eight years in prison for spying…
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…
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 ….
An extension to April 21 for Canwest Global Communications in its lending crisis….
CanWest shares closed today at a record low of 23 cents and the company teetered on a crucial deadline to pay bond holders — or risk bankruptcy protection. The only two company news releases so far this week concern the company’s sponsorship of spelling bees. As its fate hangs in the balance CanWest declared, “Spelling…
CanWest Global closed the day’s trading at a record low of 25 cents following a slew of critical assessments of its financial crisis; analysts called Canwest shares worthless. Too many good employees depend, and too many Canadians rely for news, on this tottering behemoth…