Will ‘TNR’ get all cuddly with Canada now?

In our globalized economy, few people care when an American-based media outlet is bought by a foreign company. The last thing such owners will care to do is impose their national sensibility on the property. However, AdFreak is concerned by news that Canadian-based CanWest Global Communications has bought full ownership of The New Republic. (CanWest had acquired a minority stake last year.) After all, one of TNR’s finest hours came a couple decades ago when then-editor Michael Kinsley declared “Worthwhile