Roger Duval, Granby, La Voix de l’Est Les médias apportent avec eux leur lot de mauvaises nouvelles et on pourrait croire que tout va mal partout dans le monde. L’actualité traîne avec elle l’inquiétude, l’insécurité et la peur. Ces derniers jours, un homme a sévèrement battu sa femme et a tenté de la noyer dans…
Jean-François Nadeau, Le Devoir «You don’t have to put on the red light / Those days are over», chantait Sting dans Roxanne. C’était il y a plus de 20 ans. Mais pour être désormais bien en phase avec l’univers des marchands de produits qui contrôlent de plus en plus le monde de la musique, il…
Isabelle Porter, Le Devoir L’avenir du prestigieux magazine féministe fondé en 1973 suscite de vives inquiétudes Québec — Démission en bloc de l’équipe de rédaction, mise au pas de collaboratrices aguerries, réflexion interne sur l’avenir de la revue… L’avenir du prestigieux magazine féministe La Gazette des femmes suscite de vives inquiétudes. Publié cinq fois l’an…
Peter Stockland, editor-in-chief of Reader’s Digest Canada, is out to rock the boat. A story by Dana Lacey in the latest Ryerson Review of Journalism says the magazine is starting “to get noticed again. Peter’s plan to develop longer, more culturally engaging features, to bring long-form journalism back to the brand made famous by shortening…
In a piece that’s essential reading for anyone interested in the business of journalism, CNNMoney.com has a story on the challenges facing the Washington Post It includes this nugget from Post director and shareholder Warren Buffett, on the topic of online journalism: “The ideal combination would be if the New York Times, the Wall Street…
The federal government has started looking for a new president for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. to replace Robert Rabinovitch, whose second term ends in November, reported Canadian Press.
Quebec’s federation of journalists protests the expulsion of a journalist from a Laval hospital: QUEBEC, le 26 juillet /CNW Telbec/ – La Fédération professionnelle desjournalistes du Québec (FPJQ) section de Québec dénonce l’expulsion d’unjournaliste, hier matin à l’Hôpital Laval, geste qu’elle juge abusif. Le journaliste Jean-François Labrie, du FM 93, s’est rendu…
This piece is worth reading, partly for a summer laugh and partly because it’s one British writer’s wry take on a large and influential chunk of the American media audience. An excerpt from “Ship of Fools” by the Independent’s Johann Hari: I lie on the beach with Hillary-Ann, a 35-year-old California designer. When I hear…
A senior CanWest executive is retiring. The Asper family will consolidate more of its control over the media monolith as Leonard Asper takes over the responsibilities of outgoing Peter Viner. Here is today’s press release: WINNIPEG, July 18 /CNW/ – CanWest Global Communications Corp. President and CEO, Leonard Asper, today announced the retirement…
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has reached a tentative agreement to purchase of Dow Jones & Co. The story on the web site was free to non-subscribers as of late Monday. A New York Times report is here. It’s apparently true: everything really is for sale.