PWAC launches two major new writing awards

The Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) has launched two major new writing awards -- one for feature length stories (over 1,200 words) and one for shorter pieces.Deadline for entry is March 19. “These awards will showcase the excellence of Canadian writers,” said PWAC President Tanya Gulliver. “Our goal is for these awards to eventually become some of Canada’s premier prizes for

Rogers Communications up in profit and dividend; media division has 6% revenue decline

Rogers Communications Inc.'s media division experienced a 6% revenue decline in the year ending December 31, 2009. The division, which includes the company's magazines and as well as television properties like the Shopping Channel, the Outdoor Life Network, Omni and CityTV and other enterprises like the Toronto Blue Jays, had operating revenues of $1.407 billion, compared with $1.496 billion last

Live From Sundance - The Shock Doctrine Q&A

Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith posts a Q&A live from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival featuring festival founder Robert Redford, author Naomi Klein and co-directors Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross as they discuss The Shock Doctrine

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Wired magazine and Adobe unveil tablet reader that is a "new era of media"

 
Wired magazine and Adobe Systems have unveiled a tablet application of the Wired Reader. It was not a CGI demo or simulation,  but ran more or less with real content with real copy, created with Adobe InDesign.  
Wired editor Chris Anderson says that the magazine is entering a new media era, with a digital platform that retains all the features of  his glossy print magazine, but augmented with

Our Boys Did Us Proud!

...Although Wil is bummed about his beer running out.

Swerve magazine food columnist wins prestigious cookbook illustration prize

Pierre Lamielle, a food columnist for Calgary's Swerve magazine, has won the 2009 Gourmand Awards in Paris, France for his cookbook Kitchen Scraps: A Humorous Illustrated Cookbook. He was competing against 19 other cookbooks from 17 countries, according to a Canadian Press report.The Gourmand Awards were founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau to honour excellence in cookbook presentation. "Edouard

He's The Best...And He's Back!

Steve Jones is back with his fantasic radio show, Jonesy's Jukebox on IAMROGUE!!
24 hours a day music and live interviews every week!
CHECK IT OUT HERE!!!