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The Torontoist got spanked over a photo gallery about strippers on break at Zanibar Tavern on Yonge St., and the Toronto Star’s public editor took the paper to task over an odd feature on Pierre Trudeau’s daughter. In both cases, the issue was invasion of privacy.
Sun, November 28 2010 » Media, Minutiae » Comments Off
Saw this in the Twitter feed of Doug Saunders today: I just checked. In 140 years, the Globe and Mail has never used “Gobshites” in a front-page headline. Just wait. http://plixi.com/p/58654425 This is what he speaks of: David Akin collected a few other choice Irish media tidbits on the financial crisis. Addendum A Nov. 24 [...]
Tue, November 23 2010 » Main Page, Media, Minutiae, photos » 1 Comment
Media Bistro did a brief interview with Chris Boutet, senior producer of digital media, about how the online side of the National Post uses Twitter. No big surprises, but check it out. And here’s the-post-on-twitter list. Note this at the bottom: For more on how the National Post is innovating with social media more generally, including a [...]
Mon, November 22 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English launched an impassioned defence of her newspaper’s series into how the Special Investigations Unit reviews police use of force. But is that her job?
Mon, November 8 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The Toronto Star ran a photo of convicted murderer Russell Williams in a young girl’s underwear, juxtaposed with a photo of him in the dress military garb he once wore as commander of CFB Trenton. Kathy English, the Star’s public editor, thinks the paper made the right call, despite the outcry.
Sat, October 23 2010 » Main Page, Media » 1 Comment
Globe and Mail editor-in-chief John Stackhouse spoke at length on Thursday about the editorial vision for the national newspaper institution, one that involves a transformation of newsroom culture and building communities of interest around journalistic content.
Thu, October 21 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Craig Silverman of Regret The Error has had a busy past few days. The Washington D.C. website TBD.com had one of its writers come up with a classic correction, as reported Friday by Silverman in the Toronto Star: “This blog post originally stated that one in three black men who have sex with me is [...]
Mon, October 18 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
If it was Thursday, it must mean there was another “future of journalism” talk. But not a lot of surprises in the answers from National Post president Gordon Fisher, the Toronto Star’s John Cruickshank and the Globe and Mail’s Philip Crawley. They were speaking at an Empire Club of Canada forum, and here is how [...]
Fri, October 15 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The NYT’s David Carr had a lengthy feature on the culture of senior management of the Tribune Co. after real estate mogul Samuel Zell bought the media company with other people’s money.
Thu, October 7 2010 » Main Page, Media » 1 Comment
One initial thought when I first opened the new Globe and Mail was that it will be a lot easier to read on the subway (and that’s where I was at the time). Allow me to evaluate the A book more thoroughly.