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Murray Brewster of the Canadian Press has an interesting angle on the media secrecy around Mellissa Fung’s kidnapping. An excerpt of the story:“Keeping the public in the dark about what could have…

Was Dan Rather’s career and reputation hijacked by his employer CBS trying to mollify the U.S. Republican far right?

Hard lesson: if you attempt censorship, you better hope it works….

It’s a tough time for Canadian magazines, but there are success stories — and ways to support publications….

Canwest’s Mary Frances Hill reports on how “journalists who cover the world’s most dangerous stories rely on instinct and common sense for their protection.” The piece — prompted by the kidnapping and…

What happens when you gather 50 U.S. newspaper executives and put them behind closed doors to brainstorm solutions to the troubles rocking their industry? The American Press Institute did that last week and the results were: Most agreed the newspaper…

Kathy English, The Toronto Star’s public editor, examines how media reported on two ethically-difficult cases: the kidnapping of CBC reporter Mellissa Fung in Afghanistan, and the jailing in North Korea of Alberta…

You want to claim the media’s biased? Incompetent? That there’s a conspiracy theory somewhere? Prove it. 

The most interesting thing about the fourth-quarter results released by Canwest — with a shocking $1.02 billion loss — is that the newspaper division is making good money, albeit less than last…

Facing a mountain of debt, nosediving stock prices and an economic slowdown, media giant CanWest is amputating another 560 Canadian jobs, about five per cent of its current workforce…