From: gwelsh@spamcop.net   
      
   "JF Mezei"  wrote:   
   > ##   
   > We will continue to operate an Ottawa Bureau with national beat writers   
   > providing content to our publications. Our Ottawa Bureau will no longer   
   > be focused on the commodity pieces (committee meetings, day to day   
   > happenings) but allow for more fulsome reporting and commentary on   
   > national politics.   
   > ##   
   >   
   > In other words, less coverage about what is really happening in Ottawa.   
      
   You could interpret it that way.  Or you could interpret it as PostMedia   
   relying more on the Canadian Press for that information.   
      
   > It also means one less media outlet and thus more control/power left to   
   > Canadian Press. If everyone relies on them for news, then they get to   
   > control the news with little competition.  And this means that if they   
   > choose to not cover Bell/Rogers/internet issuers, then few media outlets   
   > will have any news about it.   
   >   
   > Remember that CTV barely covered the UBB thing last year but was forced   
   > to start to cover it once it became too big (due to CBC coverage) to   
   > ignore. (CTV is owned by Bell).   
      
   It's important to remind people of this, as big conglomerates such as Bell,   
   Rogers, and Quebecor keep buying more and more media outlets.  The CBC may   
   be separate but they, too, have to dance to a (political) master's tune.   
      
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