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The New York Times doesn’t want us to read anymore. With the 2010 Winter Olympics at a close, the highly regarded paper decided to lose the usual results bar graph and make an audio presentation for its website instead. You can hear how close the silver medalist came to taking home the gold, with each piano key-like sound… Continue reading NYT’s Olympic musical is a symphony of one note, repeated often

CBC Toronto’s Metro Morning host Andy Barrie is officially off the airwaves. The revered radio man hosted his last show Thursday but came back this morning to be interviewed by Matt Galloway and serenaded by Moxy Fruvous. Dedicated Toronto listeners are mourning his departure after a 45-year career, first in private radio, then at CBC. “Andy… Continue reading Andy Barrie has left the building

Spot.us has taken up the cause of the underprivileged journalist. The “community powered reporting” website that provides journalists with funding to pursue stories has announced that contributors will soon be able to donate their time and knowledge to an article, instead of just their money. Is it an innovative way to promote journalism (granted, an industry in… Continue reading Spot.us changes—for the better?

Not loving CTV’s Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games coverage? According to writer Joanne C. Gerstner, even our friends down South are peeved by the loss of the Olympic coverage bid by CBC. Gerstner’s article, posted on both The New York Times and Toronto Star, says people who live near the 49th parallel have become used to watching CBC… Continue reading Think the Americans miss CBC’s Olympic coverage? So do we