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:

• The year in Canadian magazines 2012 [Canadian Magazines]
• 'This Hour Has Seven Days' co-creator, Douglas Leiterman, dies [City News] (via @jsource)
• Corrections in the Star increased by just over 10 per cent in 2012 [Toronto Star]
• Best of the city log 2012: What Star readers called to say [Toronto Star] (via @sladurantaye)
• Public Editor: Snubbing Nova Scotia, stirring Bond’s martinis and other things gone wrong [Globe and Mail]

 

From the U.S. and beyond:

• What Happened To Music Writing This Year? [NPR] (via @Mediagazer)
• Can the media escape the wilderness in 2013? [CNN Money] (via @Mediagazer)
• Freelance Life Laws from "the Freelancer's Bible" (Part 1) [Creative Freelancer] (via @WorkmanPub)
• Strike a better work-life balance in 2013 [Poynter]
• 6 questions journalists should be able to answer before pitching a story [Poynter] 

• The writing is on the paywall – but the end of print is not quite nigh [Guardian] (via @journochat)

• 5 ways journalists are using Pinterest [Poynter]
• The Atlantic Publishes First Original eBook [Mediabistro]
• NYT Paywall Working Better Than Expected, But That Doesn't Mean It's Working [TechDirt] (via @Mediagazer)