From Patricia Best's blog at globeandmail.com:

David Radler is out of U.S. prison - but he is now in the hands of Corrections Canada and in prison somewhere in Canada.

A number of journalistic experts rounded up by the Globe and Mail all agree that the base of columnists writing viewpoints stuff for CBC.ca needs to be diversified.

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"There's a slightly higher degree of responsibility expected from journalists who blog" than people who blog as a sideline, says Maclean's Kady O'Malley in a radio documentary about Tory blogger Stephen Taylor broadcast on CBC's The Current.

From a news release:

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 1, 2008) - The 24 hours free daily newspapers in five major urban markets are launching a new design this week with a "hi-speed news" format shaped by extensive research with readers and advertisers.

The redesign of the 24 hours newspapers starts with a content-rich front page - presenting important stories of the day as well as quick flash highlights for major content inside - and an improved navigation system to help readers move quickly to specific sections.

"Insights from our readers, prospective readers, advertisers and ad agencies set the course for the redesign," said Chris Brockbank, Vice-President of Marketing at Sun Media. "Essentially they want sharp and fast headline news and a consistent, quick navigation system to get to content they want.

"We've put the emphasis squarely on those characteristics in this first step of our program to introduce improvements driven by research."

The brouhaha over Heather Mallick's notorious column on CBC.ca rated a news story, column and editorial in Tuesday's Globe and Mail. I never saw any mention that her relationship with the paper as a freelance columnist ended on a bad note.

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Some lessons applicable to the current crisis in the United States can be found by examining the period leading up to the Great Depression.

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From the NYT:

Katie Couric’s newsmaking interviews with the Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, last week had only a slight impact on the ratings for her CBS newscast. But if the network could have added up all the other viewers the interviews (and its spoof) racked up, on places like CNN, YouTube and “Saturday Night Live,” Ms. Couric would surely have been more seen and talked about than in any week since she began her tenure as anchor.