[net-gold] Canada's The B e a v e r Magazine Renamed to End P o r n Mix-Up

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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:13:35 -0500 (EST)

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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:35:26 -0700 (MST)
From: George Lessard <media@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Canada's The B e a v e r Magazine Renamed to End P o r n
    Mix-Up

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Canada's The "B e a v e r" Magazine
Renamed to End "P o r n" Mix-Up

AFP: #Canada's The "B e a v e r" mag
renamed to end "p o r n" mix-up
http://ow.ly/VMiG
#journalism #media #publishing #history

[excerpt]

OTTAWA ? Canada's second-oldest magazine,
The "B e a v e r", is changing its name
after 90 years because the title is too
often censored by online "p o r n" filters,
preventing it from reaching new online
readers.

The Winnipeg-based magazine was
launched in 1920 to celebrate the 250th
anniversary of the Hudson's Bay Company
and the fur trade that led to the early
exploration of Canada.

But in modern times, the term
"B e a v e r" has become slang for women's
genitals.

"The "B e a v e r" was an impediment
online," publisher Deborah Morrison
told AFP.

"Several readers asked us to change
the title because their spam filters
at home or at work were blocking it,"
she said. "I've even had emails
bounce back because I had inadvertently
typed the term in the heading."

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[net-gold] Canada's The B e a v e r Magazine Renamed to End P o r n Mix-Up

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