Transparency in court
“Media ban lifted on Ottawa prof’s bomb hearing.” Quite so.
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Electronic mob called threat
Editors Weblog reports that Chris Cramer, Reuters’ global editor of multimedia for news, says “the editorial integrity of journalism is “threatened” by traditional and citizen journalists using the Internet to “distort” information …
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Black wants out
Non-Citizen Black wants a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Christmas present from outgoing U.S. president George W. Bush. From the Globe and Mail: “NEW YORK, TORONTO — Conrad Black is pinning his hopes on clemency from U.S. President George W. Bush as a last-ditch effort to get out of jail early, and he wants his former publishing company to…
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Net not neutral: CRTC ruling
Net neutrality: 0, Bell: 1 Bell Canada has won the right to continue the practice called “Internet throttling” in a ruling from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission….
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L’État Desmarais
Steve Proulx, Voir | On sait peu de choses du richissime citoyen de Sagard, Paul Desmarais. On sait toutefois que son empire, Power Corporation, possède notamment de grosses compagnies d’assurance et de services financiers (Great-West, London Life, Groupe Investors, Mackenzie), ainsi que Gesca, éditeur de sept quotidiens francophones (dont La Presse).
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Awash
The current Columbia Journalism Review has a long, exhaustively-researched analysis of the digital information age, the role of journalists in informing citizens, and the capabilities of said citizens to become informed. The sub-title is: “Journalism’s battle for relevance in an age of too much information.” The title (including exclamation mark) is: “Overload!” ’nuff said? Hat…
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Media bloodletting
More people working in media are being cut this week. Sometimes these ongoing cuts seem like bloodletting, the medical treatment of barbaric physicians who more often than not killed their patients. In the media’s case perhaps…
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Opinion – Quebecor a gagné
Patrick Déry, Le Trente | On a fait grand cas des journalistes permanents qui n’apportaient pas leur compétence habituelle à la confection du Journal de Québec pendant le long lock-out qui s’est achevé cet été, et des jeunes journalistes inexpérimentés qui les ont remplacés. Reste que Quebecor a maintenu son quotidien à flot et que…
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Murdoch ne croit pas à la fin des journaux
Marc-André Brouillard, Branchez-Vous | Le dirigeant de News Corporation croit plutôt que les journaux atteindront de nouveaux sommets au 21e siècle. L’avenir des journaux ne serait pas menacé selon le magnat Rupert Murdoch qui accordait une entrevue à la radio Australienne ABC. Le propriétaire du Sun et du Times de Londres, du Wall Street Journal…
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The assassination of Tara Singh Hayer
Ten years ago today B.C. newspaper publisher Tara Singh Hayer was gunned down, becoming the first journalist killed in Canada for doing his work.