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I know you know. It seems like we’ve been straining to hear the death knell of the newspaper for a lifetime. But this past Thursday morning, I think I heard something. Media giant The Nielsen Company announced it would fold the 108-year-old newspaper authority Editor & Publisher magazine. The axe affects both print and online forms. Speculation and writing… Continue reading You heard it here for the millionth time

What a rip off. Men’s Health rehashed seven of its cover lines from a 2007 issue and dropped them onto its current cover, adorned by new boy-toy Taylor Lautner. The cover lines are copied verbatim, even positioned in the exact same locations. The colours of the text are changed here and there, you know, just in case readers… Continue reading Balls to Men’s Health

“When you absolutely have to steal snapshots of murder victims from grieving relatives’ homes, leave a buck or two behind.” -Gene Weingarten, at the Washington Post

A cricket field doesn’t seem like an obvious venue for freedom of the press initiatives. Nor does a locker room, unless you’re the Toronto Star. Like the rest of Canada’s newspapers, it’s part of the boycott instituted by the Associated Press against Cricket Australia. According to the Star, the sports league wanted rights to deny photos to certain… Continue reading Stonewall

This week, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported that freelance writers, editors and photojournalists currently make up 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide. The statistic is unnerving, but not all that surprising considering how few resources freelancers have to protect themselves. Joel Simon of Slate.com points out that most of the prisoners are online journalists. This highlights the… Continue reading Taking the ‘free’ out of ‘freelance’