In late October, Masthead magazine, the self-titled “Magazine About Magazines,” announced its demise. Then in December, after receiving a number of requests to keep the magazine’s internet counterpart, MastheadOnline, alive, North Island Publishing Ltd. said it would do just that. The RRJ asks editor Marco Ursi about the switch to digital-only, how magazine layouts can survive online and what happens… Continue reading Staying Alive
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Burnout Blues
The March 2009 issue of This Magazine will premier a redesigned look that accommodates the vision of the latest editor, Graham F. Scott. The position of editor at This Magazine offers a great opportunity to put your own mark on a magazine that already has an established readership. This may be great for Scott, but… Continue reading Burnout Blues
Dan Kaszor talks about how a radio show about the Internet got moved to the Internet
Greg Hudson has a conversation with RRJ writer Dan Kaszor on his article, Solo Mission and how CBC Radio’s Search Engine became an online-only radio show.
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Jacqueline Nelson discusses her article on the bright side of custom
Jacqueline Nelson talks with Greg Hudson about her article Custom Brokers and the bright side of custom publications.
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Fight for your Write
This past June, then Industry Minister Jim Prentice introduced a bill on Parliament Hill that sparked debate across creative industries nationwide. Bill C-61, a reform on copyright legislation, could have potentially strangled the freedom of online journalists without them even realizing it. Fortunately, thanks to university professor, blogger and columnist Michael Geist, thousands were aware… Continue reading Fight for your Write