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:

• Postmedia’s Ottawa bureau cuts ‘devastating’ as media re-evaluate role in online world [The Hill Times online] (via @howellspace)
• Tight money is at the root of joint NMAs and KRWs, says Canadian Business Press [Canadian Magazines]
• Supportnet: An in-depth look at Sportsnet magazine, its corporate branding, and why parent company Rogers is willing to lose millions on its newest baby [Ryerson Review of Journalism] (via @jsource)
• Pinterest – a legal view [LuigiBenetton.com]
• Meet the NMA finalists for magazine covers [NMAF blog] (via @omar_aok)
• David Frum: Writing without a net [National Post/Full Comment]

From the U.S. and beyond:

• A ray of light for the New York Times [All Things D] (via @mediagazer)
• Observations from two journalism grads [JimRomenesko.com]
• Freelancers: Breaking through to online business markets [BusinessJournalism.org]
• The head of Google News on the future of news [MIT Center for Civic Media] (via @jayrosen_nyu)
• Writing tips by Henry Miller, Elmore Leonard, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman & George Orwell [Open Culture] (via @Broverman)
• Influence of classic literature on writers declining, study claims [Guardian UK]
• Why misspelled names are so common & what journalists are doing to prevent them [Poynter]
• On the set of HBO’s ‘The Newsroom’ [Media Bistro/TVNewser]

From Story Board last week:

• Does everyone hate young journalists?: Writing for OpenFile Toronto, John McGrath notes (with alarm) a new trend: more experienced journalists pointing the finger at the young’uns for all sorts of problems with their industry. He points out recent articles by Margaret Wente, Bert Archer, and Tim Knight (1, 2, 3…it’s a trend) that call out young journalists for a) going to journalism school b) being “scabs” and c) wanting jobs. Imagine the nerve. Especially when they—and their fellow recent graduates in many other fields—are faced with such a target-rich, easy-to-penetrate job market.

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