Le paysage médiatique canadien est sur le point de compter un joueur de plus. La nouvelle chaîne anglophone d’information en continu de Quebecor, Sun News, entrera en ondes aujourd’hui à 16h30 (heure de l’Est). Elle promet de bousculer ses concurrentes, CBC et CTV, en misant sur la «nouvelle brute» et le «franc parler».
With less than five hours left until launch time, Sun Media’s David Akin is none too happy about some of the coverage surrounding this evening’s Sun News Network debut. Considering both Akin’s involvement in the network and the fact that many news organizations have gleefully repeated Sun TV criticisms, this is, perhaps, not very surprising.…
The New Yorker posted a long article by Jonathan Franzen that could only be accessed on its Facebook page by hitting the “like” button. That move led to a substantial increase in the number of fans of the NY page, the Poynter Institute reports. The goal is to identify new market segments to engage them…
Here’s the lead in a story the software creators Narrative Science have released in response to a challenge by the website Deadspin. Apparently the folks at Deadspin cast some aspersions on the ability of this program to replicate real copy. “Tuesday was a great day for W. Roberts, as the junior pitcher threw a perfect…
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Il y a sept ans jour pour jour, le journaliste franco-canadien Guy-André Kieffer était enlevé à Abidjan, capitale économique de la Côte d’Ivoire. Pour sa famille et l’organisation Reporters sans frontières (RSF), la thèse d’un assassinat politique orchestré par le régime du président déchu, Laurent Gbabgo, est la plus probable. Avec l’arrivée au pouvoir d’Alassane…
Le torchon brûle à la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) depuis qu’elle a réduit la fréquence de parution de son magazine, le Trente, et supprimé le poste de son rédacteur en chef adjoint, Patrick Déry. Confrontée à des difficultés financières, la fédération explique avoir été forcée de mettre la hache dans sa revue…
OpenFile and Canada.com have have teamed up to produce community-driven election coverage. Readers at Canada.com can now click on the “your idea” icon to visit OpenFile and suggest election stories they feel deserve more attention from media. OpenFile then does its thing: the collaborative news site is designed to take in reader suggestions, and then…
Is there ever a time when a politician shouldn’t talk to a journalist? This question gained plenty of air space at a press conference Thursday after Liberal Party Leader Michael Ignatieff confirmed he intended to meet with controversial Sikh editor and radio host Sukhminder Singh Hansra.
Postmedia has announced a new editor-in-chief and two new senior VPs as part of its ongoing digital first revamp.