Canadian Newspaper Ownership in the Era of Convergence: Rediscovering Social ResponsibilityWalter C. Soderlund, Kai Hildebrandt Canadian Newspaper Ownership in the Era of Convergence investigates the current state of Canada's newspaper industry in light of recent developments-increasing concentration of ownership, multi-media convergence, and controversy over the actions of proprietors. Case studies examine how Conrad Black's acquisition of newspapers in the mid-1990s, bringing his total ownership to over half of the country's dailies, followed by the subsequent purchase of the most important of these by CanWest Global, has actually influenced the content of newspapers. Canadian Newspaper Ownership revisits "social responsibility" in the context of the changed media landscape as a means of prescribing how newspaper owners and employees might conduct themselves in the public interest. |
Contents
One Failed Attempts at Regulation of Newspaper Ownership | 11 |
TABLE 3 | 13 |
List of Tables ix | 14 |
Two Chain Ownership | 31 |
Three The Impact of Conrad Blacks Ownership on Thomson | 45 |
8 | 49 |
1 Percent of local content by ownership pre and postacquisition | 50 |
4 Coverage and evaluation of free trade by ownership pre | 56 |
Four An Assessment of Conrad Blacks Ownership | 75 |
Five Media Convergence and CanWest Global | 89 |
Six CanWest Globals National Editorial Policy | 109 |
Seven The Firing of Russell Mills Round Two of National Editorials | 125 |
Conclusion Ownership Rights Vs Social Responsibility | 137 |
Notes | 151 |
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7Ai Coverage and evaluation of federal political parties | 62 |
7Bii Coverage and evaluation of provincial political parties | 68 |
Common terms and phrases
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