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Even those of us who care about news and newspapers can become cynical about the wailing over the demise of print. Fortunate then that Paul Starr has written a passionate and thought-provoking…

Under his own byline, News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch apologized for an editorial cartoon run by The New York Post showing a police officer telling his colleague, who just shot a chimpanzee,…

Crawford Killian sums up the demise of media, on The Tyee blog, The Hook.. His warning is spine-chilling…

Unionized staff at the Halifax daily broadsheet Chronicle Herald, are not taking 20 union-only layoffs lying down: they staged an information picket Monday, the deadline to accept or reject a buyout package,…

When Chauncey Bailey, the editor of The Oakland Post, in California, was gunned down in broad daylight, reported the New York Times, “the decimation of local media, … precluded large-scale investigative work”…

Having trouble keeping track of the “how to save newspapers” business models? Check out Pramit Singh’s list of 14 and vote for your fave–or chime in on why they won’t work!

Media behemoth CanWest is fighting for its survival — and the loss of control by its ruling Asper family. What are the implications for Canadian journalism? What opportunities might lie in crisis…

Divided they fall, united they stand? Five big New York State papers, with a combined weekday circulation of more than 1.3 million, will share articles and photos,” reports the New York Times.…

Prime Minister Stephen Harper seemed to relax his controlling tendencies toward public information during last fall’s election and his tightrope walk to passing the federal budget. With American president Barack Obama’s visit…

The publishers of the science journal Nature have set up a free “science library and personal learning tool” for students. A scan of it shows that it’s also great for journalists needing…