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    Ce que Jean Daniel observe

    Elias Levy, Voir.ca | Figure de proue dans le monde journalistique, où il est une référence incontournable, le fondateur et directeur du Nouvel Observateur, Jean Daniel, nous met en garde contre les…

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    Debt, profit and the big bad banks: newspaper economics explained

    Philip Stone, of followthemedia.com, offers a fascinating look at how the debt load of once-thriving newspapers is suddenly causing problems in a climate of declining revenues, readers and sales. The article is…

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    New Yorker weighs in on newspaper woes

    Author Eric Alterman takes a long and loving look at what makes newspapers great, why we need them, and why they may not survive the 21st century.

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    Growth and good news for Canadian newspapers

    Canada’s newspaper industry appears to be defying the worst trends of the industry south of the border. A study released by Statscan in April, 2008, reported that revenues at Canadian newspapers rose…

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    Free newspapers banned from U.S. home delivery?

    Free newspapers could be prevented from home delivery in San Francisco, under a municipal law recently introduced by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. The city politician is upset at receiving unwanted home copies of…

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    Tight-lipped reporter vindicated

    NewsToronto (March 18, 2008) — Courts should be extremely cautious about using their contempt powers against journalists who refuse to identify a confidential source, the Ontario Court of Appeal said yesterday in…

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    Courts and sources

    CommentaryA pair of Ontario court rulings recognize that a journalist may need to promise confidentiality to protect a source. But that may not be enough to stop the police and judges from…

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    Olympic battle

    Should we expect press freedom as a precondition for hosting the Olympics? Journalists will gather in Paris next week for a special conference titled “Beijing Olympics 2008: Winning Press Freedom.” Meanwhile, Chinese…

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    China censoring the CBC

    The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has formally complained to China’s ambassador to Canada about the blocking of the public broadcaster’s websites in China. In a letter sent April 4 to Chinese Ambassador Lu…

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    Catch 22 of citizen media

     “You need money to recruit writers but you need writers to make money.” — Co-founder John Ndege of the UK citizen journalism start-up Scribblesheet , which shut down after just six months.…