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An article for Maissoneuve magazine by a National Post writer attempts to answer why Canuck bloggers haven't generated a shockwave of a scoop yet that rattles the Canadian political or media establishments. The short answer is, because they're bloggers, not journalists. Duh! The story by Siri Agrell interviewed a whopping five people: Catherine McMillan of Small Dead Animals, [...]
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The CBC had some ads up in TTC subway cars touting some of its blockbuster programs “coming soon” — on people like Shania, Trudeau, Levesque and Gretzky. But the “coming soon” part was a sticker. Underneath it, you easily could read “Coming on September 25.” The Toronto Sun is advertising free classified ads. To read [...]
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Two ethnic Chinese bloggers who dissed Islam and Muslims got a jail term in one case and a heavy fine in another. An excerpt from the AP story on CTV.ca: Animal shelter worker Benjamin Koh Song Huat, 27, was jailed for one month while Nicholas Lim Yew, an unemployed 25-year-old, was sentenced to a nominal [...]
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Dubya gave a big speech Thursday on how the Islamists want to take over nations from Spain to Indonesia. And as if to underscore the dire nature of the threat, New York's subway system was reported to be at imminent risk of attack. An excerpt from an NYT story, although you can find the White House's [...]
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James Yee was a former U.S. army chaplain and Muslim who worked at Guantanamao Bay. He was arrested and charged with espionage, specifically to pass information from enemy combatant detainees to al Qaeda — a charge for which he could have received the death penalty if convicted However, the U.S. government's case against him totally [...]
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Another NYT story about video producers that dovetails nicely with the posting below. An excerpt: In 1999, “The Blair Witch Project” became one of the most profitable low-budget movies of all time through word-of-mouth promotion helped along by a mysterious little Web site that the film's creators put up. Now Dan Myrick, the movie's co-director, [...]
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Jeremy Allaire, who helped developed little applications like ColdFusion and Flash, now wants to become the middleman for pretty much anyone with a camcorder and a desire to reach an audience. An excerpt from the NYT story: As with his earlier ventures, Mr. Allaire intends to shake up an industry – this time, the world [...]