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…
Derek Weiler, literary critic and editor-in-chief of Canadian book industry magazine Quill & Quire, has died at age 40. Quill & Quire reported his death on its web site, and posted an obituary, here. CBC noted that “Weiler had reportedly battled health problems for some time. The cause of death was not announced.”
The New York Times has launched its “Global Edition,” combining the international reporting of the Times and the International Herald Tribune to provide a “24/7 flow of geopolitical, business, sports and fashion coverage from a distinctly global perspective.” But, but, but … I thought that was the purpose of the IHT? Indeed it was —…
The Tyee asks: “Could New Breed of ‘Low Profit’ Firms Save Our News Media?” A story considers whether hybrid ownership models, now operating in US and UK using charitable and private capital, might work in Canada.