Canadian Newspaper Ownership in the Era of Convergence

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Canadian Newspaper Ownership in the Era of Convergence is written by Walter C. Soderlund and published by University of Alberta. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0888644396 (ISBN 10) and 9780888644398 (ISBN 13).

Canadian Newspaper Ownership in the Era of Convergence investigates the current state of Canada's newspaper industry in light of recent developments-increasing concentration of ownership, multi-media convergence, and controversy over the actions of proprietors. Case studies examine how Conrad Black's acquisition of newspapers in the mid-1990s, bringing his total ownership to over half of the country's dailies, followed by the subsequent purchase of the most important of these by CanWest Global, has actually influenced the content of newspapers. Canadian Newspaper Ownership revisits "social responsibility" in the context of the changed media landscape as a means of prescribing how newspaper owners and employees might conduct themselves in the public interest.