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    Make CBC egghead Can-Con, says columnist

    I rarely agree with the opinions that pervade the National Post, but I found myself cheering at parts of comment editor Jonathan Kay’s column praising the CBC for “intellectual elitism” — and…

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    Intelligence axed in Seattle

    It’s noteworthy and quite right that Hearst’s revised media product in Seattle makes no pretence at credibility by retaining the word “intelligence” in the name of the thingy that replaced the Post-Intelligencer…

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    Manitoba considers cameras in courts

    Manitoba is mulling over whether to give the public a front-row seat in the province’s courtrooms,” reports the Canadian Press. A committee appointed by the province’s chief judges is expected to recomment…

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    Transcontinental in San Francisco brawl

    Canada’s TransContintental Printing — and its plans to use non-union pressmen — have placed it in the middle of “a game of chicken between the Teamsters and the Hearsts” involving the threatened…

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    Rogers blocks island radio application

    “A non-profit society that wants to set up a low-wattage, community radio station on Gabriola Island is worried opposition from Rogers Communications will stop their application for a broadcast licence,” reports the…

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    “Rocky” reporters start own online journalism

    “Former Rocky Mountain News staffers plan to start an online newspaper if they get 50,000 paying subscribers by April 23 — what would have been the News’ 100th anniversary,” reported Editor and…

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    CBC’s Maddren jumps to business world

    Judy Maddren, best known as the host of World Report on CBC Radio, is leaving the public broadcaster after more than three decades at the microphone. A CBC report said Maddren is…

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    Stop the presses: Seattle Post-Intelligencer goes online-only

    The news-“paper” Seattle Post-Intelligencer is no more. After Tuesday, the venerable American publication will exist online only, as a ghost of its former self….

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    State of the Media report bleakest ever

    As one might expect, this year’s annual State of the Media report produced by The Center for Excellence in Journalism makes for dismal reading. The most frightening problem highlighted by the report,…

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    Re-thinking the CBC during crisis

    Almost everybody, it seems, has an opinion on the future of the CBC…