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I reflexively retweeted this: globeandmail Canadians trust doctors less, journalists more: poll http://tgam.ca/BPxT And how much trust is that? What company are journalists keeping? From the Montreal Gazette story: Speaking of media, national trust in journalists increased by one per cent, to 32 per cent, placing reporters a notch below auto mechanics, but one above [...]
Tue, December 28 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Russell Williams – once an Air Force colonel, now a convicted murderer and sex offender – has been deemed Canada’s newsmaker of the year. However, the news managers who chose him many be confusing the news with the newsmaker.
Thu, December 23 2010 » Main Page, Media » 3 Comments
Globe and Mail TV critic John Doyle thinks he’s found a pattern at the CBC, with its tolerance of hockey commentator Don Cherry’s forays into politics and the right-wing tilt of business “dragon” Kevin O’Leary.
Tue, December 7 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, subject of the recent movie The Social Network, granted an interview to CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday. I saw it by watching the video posted at TheNextWeb. The occasion of the interview was to mark the launch of Facebook’s redesigned profile page.
Sun, December 5 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
John Paton, CEO of the Journal Register Company (JRC), told the International Newsmedia Marketing Association that newspapers must develop digital-first strategies or suffer the consequences.
Thu, December 2 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
From CP via CTV.ca (posted Nov. 30): Veteran newspaper columnist Don Martin has been named the new host of CTV News Channel’s political flagship show “Power Play.” Martin joins the network with three decades of experience covering municipal, provincial and federal politics for the National Post and Calgary Herald. He takes over from veteran host [...]
Thu, December 2 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
From CTV.ca: Robert Hurst, the president of CTV News and Current Affairs, is leaving the network after 38 illustrious years.
Wed, December 1 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
CBC contributor Ira Basen had a major feature published in the Nov. 27 Globe and Mail about the growing power of algorithms in the human decision-making process. I pull out an excerpt that’s journalism-related:
Mon, November 29 2010 » Main Page, Media » 2 Comments
I can’t put my thumbnail thoughts about Ariana Huffington better than I did on Facebook: You gotta love a multimillionaire who has people working for her for free while she crusades about the decline of the U.S. middle class
Mon, November 29 2010 » Main Page, Media » 1 Comment
From CP via CTV.ca (posted Nov. 26): Canadians are about to get a third 24-hour English-language cable news channel, and it’s one that plans to shake up the industry. The CRTC has approved a five-year licence for Sun TV news service — referred to by critics as Fox News North — to go into direct [...]
Mon, November 29 2010 » Main Page, Media » 2 Comments
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