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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Friday, October 1
Should telcos be allowed to sell directories to marketers?
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DavidAkin
on Fri 01 Oct 2004 03:31 PM EDT
Mathew Englander says they can --- but only if they get informed consent from all of their customers. And he is certain that Telus Communications, the phone company in his city of Vancouver, never got informed consent from its customers before it started selling names and numbers of Telus ... more »
Conrad Black fires up mega-sized libel suit
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DavidAkin
on Fri 01 Oct 2004 02:05 PM EDT
 Lord Conrad Black (pictured at left) is suing all those at his New York-based operating company, Hollinger International, who authored or help to author the 600-page report which detail alleged abuses by him, his longtime associate David Radler and others. This report, you'll remember, was presented to the U.S. ... more »
Is the Post trimming its columnists' roster?
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DavidAkin
on Fri 01 Oct 2004 12:03 AM EDT
 Colby Cosh, an Alberta-based editorial page columnist for the National Post, says he got the call today that "contained the last words any human being wants to hear". He'd been canned, "effective immediately."
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