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Mar 2021
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Short Cuts #299 - Hard News, Loose Slots

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About this episode

Torstar gets into the gambling business. Americans get caught up on the WE scandal. And documents suggest Canada's two major newspaper chains traded notes on shutting down each others' papers before they swapped them. 

The Tyee's tech and privacy reporter Bryan Carney co-hosts.

Further reading:
Read Bryan's full story here on the Torstar Postmedia correspondence here.

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