Conrad Black, whose company Hollinger Inc., has spent more than $18-million on legal fees last year, is in more hot water. This time, Hollinger International Inc. is suing Conrad Black and others for $1.25-billion (U.S.) alleging that Black engaged in "a pattern of racketeering", Reuters reports.
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Friday, May 7
Black now accused of racketeering
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DavidAkin
on Fri 07 May 2004 08:25 PM EDT
[CAJ] Panel: The Blog Revolution
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DavidAkin
on Fri 07 May 2004 01:52 PM EDT
A decent size group for this panel discussion on blogging.
Emira starts with a definition of Web logs:
Emira's been blogging for years but says "When I went to describe it I found myself totally stumped."
First it was "essentially snippets of people's thoughts" is a good starting point. Now ... more »
[CAJ] Kirk Lapointe
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DavidAkin
on Fri 07 May 2004 11:49 AM EDT
Kirk Lapointe, ex-Southam, ex-CP, ex-National Post, ex-CTV, ex-Hamilton Spectator, and currently Managing Editor at the Vancouver Sun, (and my old boss at several of those spots) is speaking at a breakfast sponsored by Canada Newswire. Some journalists are here but this ... more »
[CAJ] Obligatory hotel shot
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DavidAkin
on Fri 07 May 2004 11:04 AM EDT
[CAJ] Verdant Vancouver
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DavidAkin
on Fri 07 May 2004 11:02 AM EDT
Vancouver at dawn
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DavidAkin
on Fri 07 May 2004 10:58 AM EDT
[CAJ] Blogging and Journalism - Workshop/Panel material online
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DavidAkin
on Fri 07 May 2004 08:07 AM EDT
The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists kicks off later this morning -- I'm up at 4:30 am in Vancouver as my body still thinks it's in Toronto and so what I do? I blog, of course -- and I'm doing a couple of things. I'm on a ... more »
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