Royal Commission on Newspapers
- Royal Commission on Newspapers
The Royal Commission on Newspapers, popularly known as the Kent Commission, was a Canadian Royal Commission chaired by Tom Kent. It was created in 1980 in response to growing concerns over concentration of media ownership in Canada. The Commission's final report was delivered in 1981. [cite web |url=http://www.pch.gc.ca/PROGS/AC-CA/PROGS/ESM-MS/prob4_e.cfm |title=Concentration of Newspaper Ownership |accessdate=2008-07-26 |format= |work=Canadian Heritage website ]
Bibliography
*Cite book
publisher = Available from Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre Supply and Services Canada
isbn = 9780660109541
last = Canada.
title = Royal Commission on Newspapers.
location = Hull Que.
date = 1981
*cite journal |last=Creery|first= Tim |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1984 |month=Spring |title=Out of Commission:Why the Kent recommendations have been trashed. An insider's report |journal=Ryerson Review of Journalism |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url=http://www.rrj.ca/issue/1984/spring/5/ |accessdate=2008-07-27 |quote=
*cite journal |last=Keshen |first=Richard |authorlink= |coauthors=Kent Macaskill |year=2000 |month= |title=I Told You So": Newspaper Ownership in Canada and the Kent Commission Twenty Years Later |journal=American Review of Canadian Studies |volume=Vol. 30 |issue= |pages= |id= |url=http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=LLZfZ4hnHGPHTlXxXXJ07wgLzznYT81ly8ztLCVv6hGjHxkpdvS0!-1801416312?docId=5002321215 |accessdate=2008-07-26 |quote= "
*cite journal |last=Kent |first=Tom |authorlink=Thomas_Worrall_Kent |coauthors= |year=2002 |month=October |title=Concentration with Convergence-Goodbye, Freedom of the Press |journal=Policy Options |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url=http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/oct02/kent.pdf |accessdate=2008-07-27 |quote=
External links
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/programs/264-4835/page/1/ Front Page Challenge interview with Tom Kent ]
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