tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142723859673756293.post2425000489096558775..comments2023-06-01T10:25:59.740-03:00Comments on The Twain Shall Meet: The Truth about Canada: Mel HurtigKim Leamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15007588147754196358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142723859673756293.post-37529014036024557992011-04-27T01:58:20.674-03:002011-04-27T01:58:20.674-03:00You no longer have reporters, you have repeaters. ...You no longer have reporters, you have repeaters. <br /><br />http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/12/28/NewNewJournalism/<br /><br />The new game began in Canada on Aug. 27, 1980. Black Wednesday, as it became known, was the day newspaper corporations across the country colluded to swap properties and kill competition. The Ottawa Journal and the Winnipeg Tribune folded, and Vancouver Province's owner, Southam, bought the Vancouver Sun. The two had been in bed together since 1950s via a press-and-profit-sharing agreement at Pacific Press that killed the third paper and defended against upstarts.<br /><br />Suddenly competition for readers was no longer necessary; these publicly traded corporations now focused on advertiser-pleasing copy as the technique for pulling more ads. <br /><br />At least Postmedia has an understandable reason for changing standards: they're legally obligated to maximize profits. But the fact that the commercial-free public broadcaster also ignores the public good suggests that there is a new definition of journalism.<br /><br />http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/12/28/NewNewJournalism/Nadine Lumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.com