For many, the word “beaver” doesn’t necessarily conjure up thoughts of Canadian historical chronicles. This is partly why the Winnipeg-based history magazine, The Beaver, announced on Monday, Jan. 11 that it will change its name this coming April. Though the title wasn’t a racy innuendo when the magazine was founded in 1920, it’s now cited… Continue reading The historical beaver

The folks at the National Post, Montreal’s The Gazette and the Ottawa Citizen can breathe a huge sigh of relief today because it doesn’t look like they’ll be closing up shop in the near future, as has been predicted in recent weeks. The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail reported today that a group… Continue reading The Sky is Not Falling!

As stories about the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti flow in through every news outlet in the world, readers on thestar.com were hit Thursday with a massive advertisement for TD Waterhouse taking up the entire right half of the screen real estate usually reserved for headline and breaking news.   Sometimes large flash-based ads have an… Continue reading Water-boarding thestar.com

Apparently, Condé Nast has put out a suggestion box for its employees, inviting ideas on how to improve the company. Oh yeah, and as an incentive, it’s promised $10,000 to the employee who comes up with the best idea. The company has vowed to cough up $10,000 each quarter to the contest winners—a piddly sum,… Continue reading Condé Nast willing to dip into change purse to save company

Rumours that 2010 will be the year of the tablet already have me steeled for the next technological wave to hit the news industry—one that publications seem ready to embrace. But I had to sit down when I saw this video. It begins on a boat with rock music and a few dudes giving life… Continue reading Immersive video changes storytelling