This week in Canadian media history: CP24 hit the air
Toronto station was licensed by CRTC in 1996 as Pulse 24.
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This week in Canadian media history: Canada’s first newspaper hit the stands
The weekly newspaper was dependent on government funding.
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This week in Canadian media history: A competitor for the Gazette began publishing
The Montreal Daily News published the first Sunday edition in the city.
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This week in Canadian media history: Behind the Headlines: A History of Investigative Journalism published
Cecil Rosner’s book delves into the previously undocumented history of investigative journalism in Canada.
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This week in Canadian media history: Radio-Canada International launched
RCI is the international broadcasting service of the CBC.
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This week in Canadian media history: CFRB hit the airwaves in Toronto
Edward Rogers founded station, invented the world’s first AC-powered receiver.
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This week in Canadian media history: The Sherbrooke Daily Record began publishing
The Record, originally known as the Sherbrooke Daily Record, is one of the two surviving English dailies in Quebec.
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Around the world weekly: Week of Feb. 2, 2015
Adriana Zhang, of the International Reporting Bureau at Humber College, has a video wrap up of Canadian international coverage for the week of February 2, 2015.
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Freelancers fighting full copyright claim by non-profit media company
A small group of freelance radio journalists are in a stand-off with a non-profit media company asking for full copyright in a new contract.
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Globe public editor: If The Globe was perfect, we’d never beg the question
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