Media columnist for Canadian Dimension and author of eight books, including The Postmedia Effect (2023) and Tomorrow's News (2024).
Living in Vancouver, BC
Joined March 2013
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The NYT was the only newsbrand to grow its traffic year on year among the top ten of the 50 biggest English-language news sites in the world in October
Only ten out of the top 50 newsbrands grew their traffic year on year
I saw Nikita Kucherov play twice in his rookie year . . . the first time in the preseason in Vancouver, the next time in the regular season in Dallas . . . he didn't produce much then, but you could tell that his tools were elite . . . he is a joy to watch
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trust in media is rising in the U.S.
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Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta is closing after a campaign of state pressure . . . a senior editor was prosecuted while its financial support and premises have been taken away . . . "We have been killed," it said in a statement. #newspapers
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Postmedia has been the leading recipient of Google money under the Online News Act, getting at least $16.9m in the first 2 years . . . the next leading recipients are Bell ($16.8m), the CBC ($13.8m), Corus ($10.9m) and the Globe and Mail ($7.7m) #cdnmedia
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Rogers busted for falsely advertising "unlimited" data plans and fined $15 million plus legal costs by the Competition Tribunal decisions.ct-tc.gc.ca/ct-tc/…
my host of 25 years, iPower, was recently taken over, so I just had to migrate to a new server or something . . . not everything went well, as my book reviews page was somehow translated into Chinese
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Mike Carney? . . . this is 6 months old and has still not been corrected . . . that is indicative of the misinformation we get from some corners of the press . . . it is from the Business Standard, which is supposedly "India's leading business daily"
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Marc Edge retweeted
Priest gave sermon on spontaneity of death just before falling crucifix killed him during livestreamed mass trib.al/z1QhWvA
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College journalism is thriving at schools that don't teach it - Poynter poynter.org/educators-studen…
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the endgame may be afoot for newspapers owned by hedge fund Chatham Asset Management, including its Postmedia chain in Canada . . . mass layoffs fueled by AI at its McClatchy chain have prompted speculation that the company will be dismantled #cdnmedia
seattletimes.com/opinion/whi…
the endgame may be afoot for newspapers owned by hedge fund Chatham Asset Management, including its Postmedia chain in Canada . . . mass layoffs fueled by AI at its McClatchy chain have prompted speculation that the company will be dismantled #cdnmedia
seattletimes.com/opinion/whi…
the self-made "crisis" may be following Chatham's playbook from Canada, where the government stepped in to bolster Postmedia's flagging profits first with a bailout . . .
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. . . and then with the Online News Act, which forced Google to underwrite publishers to the tune of $100 million a year . . . similar pleadings are now being made in the U.S. . . . but beware of unintended consequences as have been seen in Canada
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