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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 year. Newspapers in the former…

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…

Mark Potts, author of the Recovering Journalist blog, has a few choice thoughts about the American Press Institute’s upcoming one-day summit of 50 newspaper executives, who are gathering in a closed-door session Nov. 13 to share thoughts about “saving an industry in crisis.” Potts suggests several potential answers to the question: How many newspaper executives…

Atlantic writer Michael Hirschorn has discovered media critic and filmmaker Peter Watkins, who specializes in historical and current-affairs re-creations like The War Game but whose “real subject,” wrote Hirschorn, is an intense critique of the media. The War Game in particular, said the Atlantic piece, provides “a deep, unerring analysis of how we use media…

A report by a British think tank calls on governments in Europe to protect the free speech of Muslims against religious extremists. The report, Victims of Intimidation: Freedom of Speech within Europe’s Muslim Communities, said official failure to offer victims the protection they needed had left significant numbers of Muslims unable to express themselves, reported…

The kidnapping in Kabul of CBC journalist Mellissa Fung was kept secret for four weeks. On Saturday the CBC reported her release “into the custody of Canadian officials.” … Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

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This week’s edition of L’Express International was banned by Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco for having “offended Islam.” Associated Press quoted an anonymous official who said Algeria banned the magazine because it published “illustrations or accounts … contrary to Islamic morality or national values.” In Tunisia an anonymous official said it could be considered to be…

CTV News closed their newscast last night with a witty, clever, informative and entertaining story on the U.S. election by CTV’s LA bureau chief Tom Walters. It’s poetry – literally; he marries his narration and clips in a most unusual way. Have a look – it’s great TV. You’ll laugh and be inspired.

Toronto Star public editor Kathy English wrote of the Toronto Star‘s recent move to axe pseudonymous online comments alongside signed letters in its online Web Forum: “I would prefer the Star demand real names of those who comment online. I’ve been told that’s a near-impossible expectation in the online environment. I don’t buy that.“I understand…