When thinking about the future of newspapers online, publishers need to stop worrying, says Washington Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell. “Most regular local readers of The Post read it on newsprint. And when they want something in the paper and it’s not there, they usually don’t like me telling them to find it on washingtonpost.com. Dear…
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 dérives de la “peopolisation” de la presse écrite. Rencontre avec un témoin engagé d’une époque incertaine. Voir: Quel regard portez-vous sur un phénomène…
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 particularly good at helping readers understand the role that banks play in newspaper management – including editorial – and why newspaper managers get…
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.
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 2.6 per cent in 2006; that compares to a decline of 1.7 per cent in the U.S. at the same time.Revenues were up…
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 the San Francisco Examiner. He introduced a motion last month that would keep free newspapers off lawns, boxes and stoops in San Francisco…
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 setting aside a trial judge’s hefty sanctions against a Hamilton Spectator reporter. Toronto Star legal affairs reporter Tracey Tyler reports.Read the ruling.Read the…
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 demanding names if push comes to shove. J-Source media law editor Dean Jobb looks for lessons in the National Post and Hamilton Spectator rulings.
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 officials are stepping up their accusations of “western” media bias. Deborah Jones’ Town Hall commentary China and Tibet contains links to several articles…
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 Shumin, CBC president Hubert T. Lacroix wrote, “I am writing to request that you make formal and immediate enquiries as to why the…