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Le Journal Lockout: Convergence Conquers Workers

Owner Quebecor crushed labour ruthlessly, even though its newspapers are earning lots of profit.

By Marc Edge, 7 Mar 2011

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As Advertising Dies, So Do Traditional Media

But author Bob Garfield predicts a golden age of online marketing is about to bloom.

By Marc Edge, 12 Nov 2010

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Why Did I Buy CanWest Stock?

It keeps plunging, rocked by a perfect storm of debt and downturns.

By Marc Edge, 24 Oct 2008

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CRTC Ruling No Threat to Big Media

Giants can keep owning papers, TV stations in same markets.

By Marc Edge, 16 Jan 2008

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A Tyee Series

The Asper Slam on News Media

'Lazy, dishonest, biased, Marxists' and more accusations from Izzy and son Leonard.

By Marc Edge, 23 Nov 2007

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A Tyee Series

CanWest Rising

How Izzy Asper got to be Canada's mega-media baron.

By Marc Edge, 20 Nov 2007

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A Tyee Series

Citizen Izzy

The rise of the Asper who gave us CanWest.

By Marc Edge, 16 Nov 2007

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Aspers and Harper, A Toried Love

Ties that bind CanWest to the Conservatives.

By Marc Edge, 13 Nov 2007

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Big Media's Big Showdown

Merger mania and the harm to media diversity. Hearings start today.

By Marc Edge, 17 Sep 2007

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How Black and Asper Plotted to Control Canadian News Biz

Lusting for 'awesome and infinite' deals with Thomson, Rogers, Shaw.

By Marc Edge, 3 Jul 2007

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Sun, Province Dip to 1957 Level

Combined circulation sliding, but is profit margin?

By Marc Edge, 6 Nov 2006

life

Blame the Owners

Sure players are rich. But their greedier bosses never learned to share, and shun laws of economics.

By Marc Edge, 16 Nov 2004