Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, publishing, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?

From Canada:

• Posting, tweeting and linking to copyrighted material is okay says Federal Court [J-Source]
• Why use LinkedIn? [luigibenetton.com]
• Kat Tancock's excellent Magazines Online blog going on hiatus [Magazines Online] (via @Canadianmags)
• Creditors and union agree to proposals from Ironstone Media, publication printer continues operations [Masthead]

From the U.S. and beyond:

• Piecemeal existence: For today’s young freelancers, what will traffic bear? [Columbia Journalism Review] (via @mediagazer)
• Email, in-person, or over the phone: Reporters talk about how to best interview sources [Poynter] (via @jsource)
• Adria Giattino Remarks on the Role of Self-Publishing in the Publishing Industry [Digital Journal]
• BBC warns of 'unprecedented threat' to independent news [BBC] (via @mediagazer)
• New wave of tablet devices could accelerate news-reading trend [Poynter] (via @journochat)
• 5 ways journalists can localize global issues, events [Poynter]
• Journatic CEO to staff: "The work we're doing & the change we're forcing matters." Next client: Canada's Postmedia? [Poynter]
• 5 Lessons in Freelancing From Han Solo [Forbes] (via @jaclynlaw)
• What can you learn about news blogging from non-news blogs? 5 lessons [paidContent] (via @Poynter)

From Story Board last week:

• The Born Freelancer finds a cell phone plan to fit their budget: One of the hardest things to learn about being a freelancer is living within a budget that fluctuates, often difficult to predict one month to the next. About a year ago I wrote about a few of my strategies for living “the freelance life” during these ongoing tough economic times. (It is my opinion things aren’t much better today than they were four years ago when the current depression started. I will predict here and now that we’ve probably got at least another four years to go before we see any real signs of significant improvement in the global economy.) Today I’d like to offer you an update on one of those coping strategies that directly impacts on my freelance work...

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