Sun News is seeking a five-year mandatory coverage digital basic deal from Canada’s broadcast regulator in an attempt to mitigate its nearly $17-million a year losses. The channel, which is nearing its two year anniversary on-air, filed its response Monday with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ahead of its hearing on April 23. J-Source associate editor Tamara Baluja reports.
About 61 per cent of Americans remain unaware of the financial struggles that have led to cutbacks in newsroom, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. But that doesn’t mean they’re not taking notice. Nearly a third turning away from news outlets when it no longer provides the news consumers are used to getting,…
C’est maintenant officiel, dans un mois jour pour jour, le journal La Presse lancera sa toute nouvelle application pour tablette numérique baptisée LaPresse+. Un premier pas vers l’abandon total du papier, probablement d’ici cinq ans.
Eighteen Bridges won big at the Alberta Magazine Awards gala in Calgary, taking home three golds and three silvers last week. Swerve magazine, a weekly arts and culture publication, also won five times, including a gold in the Alberta Story category for "Deerfoot's Revenge" by Jeremy Klaszus, and another gold for feature Design category for "Double…
Ottawa Citizen’s Glen McGregor and Postmedia News’ Stephen Maher have won the 2013 Canadian Hillman Prize for their investigative reporting on the use of robocalls to disrupt and suppress voting during the 2011 federal election. The judges also gave honourable mention to Victoria Times Colonist’s Katie DeRosa and Edmonton Journal’s Elise Stolte.
Digital Journal put together a Future of Media panel on branded content and its role in the newsroom. Here is J-Source's round-up of #FOM2013 from March 14.
The Hamilton Spectator dominated the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations with 21 finalists, followed by the Windsor Star with 16 nods and the Waterloo Region Record with 15. The winners will be announced on April 27 in Waterloo.
L’espace rédactionnel qui ne cesse de diminuer. Les pré-papiers qui prennent plus d’espace que les critiques. Certains lecteurs qui ne font pas la différence entre une entrevue et une opinion. La presse culturelle doit conjuguer avec un lot d’obstacles semaine après semaine. Christian Saint-Pierre et Marc-André Lussier nous livrent leur vision du métier.
After 14 years at the helm of the company founded by his father, Pierre Karl Péladeau will step down as CEO of Quebecor Inc., and will be replaced by Robert Dépatie, the president of the company’s telecommunications division. Péladeau’s unexpected departure from one of Canada’s largest media and telecommunication companies was announced in a press release Thursday…
Il sera remplacé par Robert Depatie, l'actuel président de Vidéotron. Pierre-Karl Péladeau occupera cependant de nouvelles fonctions, soit la présidence du conseil de Québecor Média ainsi que celle de TVA, et annonce des réductions de 45 millions $ dans le secteur Information.