Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer April 2–April 8, 2012

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:

• Metro brings its battle for readers to Saskatchewan [Globe & Mail]
• Google lets publishers avoid paywalls with pay for microsurveys [Canadian Magazines]
• Metered pay walls the new reality for newspapers [Globe & Mail]
• Minority report: Taking a closer look at newsroom diversity [J-Source] (via @karenatcmg)
• Less staff and more ads: Eight things to know about the CBC budget cuts [National Post]
• A look inside the making of the latest issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism [J-Source]

From the U.S. and beyond:

• How things got better for e-book only publishing [Futurebook.net] (via @kmgovier)
• Finally, a reason to read magazines on a tablet [All Things D] (via @mediagazer)
• Magazine launches outpace closures in first quarter of 2012: MediaFinder reports 52 magazine launches and 12 closures [PRWEb]
• AP turns to citizen reporters for live video news [GigaOM] (via @justinsb)
• Four key takeaways from Pew’s new e-reading study [paidContent]
• Why Bob Woodward is wrong about the internet and journalism [GigaOM]
• When losers write history: Why legacy-newspaper media reporters get their own industry so wrong [Reason.com] (via @carr2n)

From Story Board last week:

• Event: Fundraiser for Toronto writer Derek McCormack: The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. W. (at Ossington), Tuesday, April 10, 7:30 to midnight, PWYC, suggested donation $10

Spot a story you think we should include in next week’s Off the Wire? Email the link to editor@thestoryboard.ca.