Bill Doskoch: Media, BPS*, Film, Minutiae

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Who got hammered in Ontario's recession

I took a close look at Ontario's job numbers. If you worked in the service sector over the past between October 2008 and November 2009, you were probably okay. But pity the poor goods-producing worker. Details at my ctvtoronto.ca story.

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And the news story of the year in Canada is …

Swine flu! Er, H1N1 flu! From CP via ctvtoronto.ca: The H1N1 virus was chosen by 70 per cent of the newspaper editors and broadcast news directors in the annual year-end survey of newsrooms conducted by The Canadian Press. “There isn't a Canadian out there who isn't affected by or interested in the virus and how [...]

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Glints of hope on the U.S. media horizon

NYT media columnist David Carr tries to find some green shoots in the wreckage of the mainstream U.S. news media.

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