A Globe and Mail article looks at why companies may have to get broken up under the new media concentration rules announced this week by the CRTC.

From AP via CTV.ca:

This image released by Golfweek magazine shows the cover of the Jan. 19, 2008 issue. (Golfweek / AP Photo)

Golfweek magazine replaced the editor responsible for illustrating the current cover with a noose and apologized Friday for its depiction of a Golf Channel anchor's use of "lynch" in a comment about Tiger Woods.

"We apologize for creating this graphic cover that received extreme negative reaction from consumers, subscribers and advertisers across the country," Turnstile Publishing Co. president William P. Kupper Jr. said. "We were trying to convey the controversial issues with a strong and provocative graphic image. It is now obvious that the overall reaction to our cover deeply offended many people. For that, we are deeply apologetic.

Turnstile is the parent company of Golfweek.

From The Globe and Mail:

Newsroom and advertising employees at the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper by circulation, have given their union a mandate to call a strike as early as midnight if negotiations with parent company Torstar Corp. break down today.

Both sides were careful to suggest yesterday that the talks being mediated by retired Ontario Superior Court Judge George Adams could continue into next week if progress is made on several contentious issues.  ...