Jordan Hay was the Front of Book Editor for the Summer 2010 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Risky Business
To prosper during the Great Recession, Canadian Business got a major makeover. New editor Steve Maich thinks he has the winning formula, but do the numbers support his optimism?
Canadian Business editor-in-chief Steve Maich sits at a two-seater table at a Timothy’s coffee shop in late October 2009, a short walk from Rogers command central, the hulking mass at the north end of downtown Toronto. He strikes what I can only assume is his signature pose, the same one he has in the portrait […]
Risky Business
To prosper during the Great Recession, Canadian Business got a major makeover. New editor Steve Maich thinks he has the winning formula, but do the numbers support his optimism?
Canadian Business editor-in-chief Steve Maich sits at a two-seater table at a Timothy’s coffee shop in late October 2009, a short walk from Rogers command central, the hulking mass at the north end of downtown Toronto. He strikes what I can only assume is his signature pose, the same one he has in the portrait accompanying […]
A Frozen Sanctuary?
Wikileaks, the non-profit disclosure website, in conjunction with the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, are proposing legislation to the Icelandic government that would offer greater protection for journalists and their sources. The proposed legal changes would benefit investigative journalists, anti-corruption organizations and human rights groups. Specifics should include legal protection for whistleblowers and other sources. In […]
And the Pulitzer goes to
No serious discussion would contain National Enquirer and Pulitzer Prize in the same sentence, until now. On Thursday afternoon, Washington Post staff writer, Howard Kurtz broke news of Enquirer executive editor Barry Levine’s intention to submit his paper’s writings on the discreditable behaviour of John Edwards for one of the prestigious prizes. “It’s clear we should […]
You heard it here for the millionth time
I know you know. It seems like we’ve been straining to hear the death knell of the newspaper for a lifetime. But this past Thursday morning, I think I heard something. Media giant The Nielsen Company announced it would fold the 108-year-old newspaper authority Editor & Publisher magazine. The axe affects both print and online forms. Speculation and writing […]
The time is now! Wait, maybe not.
As industry vet D.B. Scott recently blogged, magazine advertisers have long eclipsed readers when it comes to influence over magazines. A new report by management consulting firm A. T. Kearney suggests that magazines shift their focus from courting advertisers to securing lifetime subscriptions. It’s an interesting perspective. Yet in the campaign for “a focus beyond circulation management to […]
