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CRTC deals with media concentration

It’s about time. Canada’s federal broadcasting regulator is imposing tighter rules on media ownership, reported the CBC. “The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said Tuesday thata single company or person can…
Voters and the Press: Who’s in Charge?

If you watched early evening cable news coverage of last night’s New Hampshire primary, you may have witnessed the appalling (or perhaps amusing, depending on your perspective) spectacle of Fox News declaring…
A twist on citizen journalism

Google’s feature, allowing “Comments From People in the News,” seems like a new twist on citizen journalism. Says a New York Times story: “The idea is simple: if you have been quoted…
Depending on Iraqi journalists

The New York Times looks at the dependence of Western news organizations on freelancers in Iraq. The focus is the case of photographer Bilal Hussein,who had a hand in The Associated Press’s…
Beijing Olympics & press repression

Reporters Without Borders released a blistering criticism of China’s crackdown on the press in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics — which the press rights organization wants boycotted; it staged a demonstration…
Freedom of speech

A BBC series commemorating the 75th anniversary of its World Service is focused on freedom of speech, and freedom of the media and information. The first three essays on freedom of speech…
IHT-Reuters alliance

The International Herald Tribune will announce an alliance with Reuters, reported the New York Times, that will transform its financial section online and in print. The revamped business section, “Business with Reuters,”…
Unholy secrets

David Carr’s column about investigative reporting, in the New York Times, makes for compelling reading. An excerpt: Serious reporting usd to be baked into the business, but under pressure from the public markets…
Beating the messengers?

The BBC is investigating the possibility that three of its journalists beaten up in Moscow had been deliberately targeted because of their work for the corporation, reported the Guardian. A BBC World…
Jailing the messengers

The Committee to Protect Journalists, which conducts an annual Dec. 1 census, found one in six journalists are held without charges and an overall decline, with China still the leading jailer of…