Media Reform

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Download Wrong Film, You Might Owe $20,000

Why lawsuit against 'Hurt Locker' file sharers could hurt everyone.

By Michael Geist, 20 Sep 2011

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Joel Bakan's 'Tornado Warning' to Protect Kids

Author of 'Childhood Under Siege' says digital media gives corporations fearsome power over the young.

By Robyn Smith, 19 Sep 2011

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A Tyee Series

Nagata: The Roots of 'Fox News North'

Beware the agendas of media barons. Sun News Network's vitriol feeds a wider erosion of our public conversation. Last in a series.

By Kai Nagata, 14 Sep 2011

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A Tyee Series

Kai Nagata: Warnings from Québec, Part 2

How media giant Quebecor's play for a new hockey arena helped ice the PQ. Second of three.

By Kai Nagata, 13 Sep 2011

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A Tyee Series

Kai Nagata: Warnings from Québec

Why concentrated media ownership is great for corporate profits, dangerous for democracy. Part one of three.

By Kai Nagata, 12 Sep 2011

Recent Media Reform

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A Tyee Series

Tyee's New Writer in Residence Is Kai Nagata

After quitting CTV in a blaze of attention, he'll be exploring how to help repair Canada's 'public conversation'.

By David Beers, 12 Sep 2011

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Why Did Kai Nagata Quitting CTV Strike a Nerve?

Young broadcaster's personal manifesto went super viral. Why would his choice matter to so many?

By Flora Stormer Michaels, 4 Aug 2011

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Harper's New Power to Make Digital Policy

Tory majority gives Ottawa a crack at breaking the tech-law logjam.

By Michael Geist, 11 May 2011

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Why We Fight (for the Internet)

Let them close the Net by metering or throttling, and it's a defeat for sharing, creativity, and human potential.

By Steve Anderson, 23 Mar 2011

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Internet Governance Battle Heats Up

Who makes new 'dots' as US threatens independence of non-profit that creates domains?

By Michael Geist, 16 Mar 2011

Education reporter Louis Freedberg

Top Online US Education Reporter to Speak

Louis Freedberg covers schools for a new arm of California's Center for Investigative Reporting. He'll share what he's learning tonight at UBC.

By David Beers, 10 Mar 2011

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Canadians Just Became World's Biggest Internet Losers

Only here, big telecoms get to say you use 'too much' internet and whack on more charges, the CRTC affirmed yesterday.

By David Beers, 26 Jan 2011

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Wikileaks' Mobile Home

Shifting from one cloud provider to another is a breeze, as we saw when Amazon booted Wikileaks.

By Michael Geist, 8 Dec 2010

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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

An open call to the source the world

Crowdsourcing the World

Saturday is Media Democracy Day. Read this to glimpse a cool future.

By Steve Anderson, 5 Nov 2010

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Tweet! Help Tyee Stories Ripple Out

We've made it easier to Twitter and Facebook our stuff. It's a great way to help independent journalism swim far and wide.

By David Beers, 26 Oct 2010

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Malcolm Gladwell's Wrong about Digital Advocacy

Social media's 'weak ties' should not be underestimated.

By Michael Geist, 20 Oct 2010

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TV versus the Internet

Telecoms undermining the open Net to favour their own digital TV services? Here's evidence it's happening.

By Steve Anderson, 6 Oct 2010

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In Defence of the CRTC

Recent rulings suggest the electronic media regulator can do the right thing when faced with public pressure.

By Steve Anderson, 18 Aug 2010

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How to Lift the PM's Muzzle

Under Stephen Harper citizens' right to know has been smothered. Journalists must take a stand.

By Helene Buzzetti and Press gallery colleagues, 11 Jun 2010

The Gem of Canadian Science that Harper Killed

Experimental Lakes Area was world famous; its findings might have saved Canada billions.

By Andrew Nikiforuk