Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
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Wednesday, October 27
View Article  Canadian iTunes Music store to open in November?
by DavidAkin on Wed 27 Oct 2004 07:14 AM EDT
Apple said yesterday it would finally open its iTunes music store here in November although one report suggests that music industry types here have yet to ink any deals with Apple.
Right now, there is no iTunes music store in Canada, a frustration for many iPod and Canadian music fans....   more »
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View Article  Citizen journalism, participatory journalism -- what's it all about?
by DavidAkin on Wed 27 Oct 2004 06:05 AM EDT
The Online Journalism Review's Mark Glaser takes a look at the way some publications in the United States are going about collecting, editing, and publishing the news:
The New Voices: Hyperlocal Citizen Media Sites Want You (to Write)!
From Bakersfield, Calif. to Columbia, Mo. to Skokie, Ill. and to small-town ...   more »
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