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Blogging Game: Jennifer Mcguire and Media Companies

blogging game: And so, on day one, that what we got, according to Rabble. The articles that launched the platform included: why making friends with refugees can be complicated, why men "groping days are over," why the Prime Minister needs a "proper plane" and why social media companies shouldn't ignore Black users. It unclear why the public broadcaster thinks that this venture makes any sense this late into the blogging game. "The goal is to give our audience a destination for intelligent, provocative debate and commentary on the issues of the day," said Jennifer McGuire, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief. If you head to the Huffington Post Canada, a website that has been in the blog hosting business for many years, you get another set of blog posts: why Canadians should support protestors at Standing Rock, why you should remember the Home Front when remembering the world wars, and why parenting a threenager pretty much sucks . These are optimized for clicks, for pageviews and for social media sharing. Those of us who are routinely denied access to the Full Comment section of the National Post come here, or to other progressive news organizations, and effectively do the same thing. The model leverages an engaged writer or organization to provide content that argues a point of view, with minimal overhead. rabble.ca been doing this for years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.