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The 2009 report on the state of the American news media has been released online.The press-release summary of the massive report — running to nearly 180,000 words — is here. The full…

“Foreign correspondence” is not as “foreign” as it used to be, reflects the India correspondent for the New York Times of the impact of global online media on concepts like “here” and…

The Globe poll online as of Sunday evening): Do you think it’s important to have a local newspaper?No, online media can fill the gap — 18 per centNo, I don’t read my…

That’s the title of a massive, must-read piece in the Globe and Mail about the decline of journalism. The sub-title says, “… if print is a dinosaur, what will take up its…

This is one of the best journalism ideas I’ve heard all year: The U.S. Stony Brook University proposes to hire and train 50 laid-off journalists to teach a new discipline, “news literacy.”…

Jon Stewart, the comedian on the Daily Show whose satire has achieved the bizarre reputation of being some of the most responsible U.S. “journalism,” has lately attacked the performance of the financial…

Reader’s Digest Canadian Operations announced the lay-off of Peter Stockland, VP and Editor-in-Chief, English Magazines. The company said in a news release Stockland’s position will be replaced by his former French counterpart…

Canwest Global Communications Corp. won a reprieve on some of its debt problems until April 7. The company will use the time “to negotiate borrowing terms on its debt with senior lenders…

The online magazine The Tyee is running a series on journalism by Steve Anderson, co-ordinator of Canadians for Democratic Media and the Stop the Big Media Takeover campaign. Anderson’s first piece, “Why…

The Canadian Press, already embroiled in restructuring, took a major blow from Quebecor Inc., which announced it will pull out of the news co-operative in mid 2010 to cut costs, and grow…