Tweeting yourself into an early career grave
The Globe and Mail’s Lisan Jutras on the recent case of a CNN editor being fired for an injudicious tweet about a Hezbollah figure.
Mon, July 19 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
19th century work practices for 21st century newsrooms
The high intensity of pace in U.S. pure-play online newsrooms is leading to a high rate of burnout.
Mon, July 19 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Newman says he was never in the game for CTV anchor job
From an article by freelance TV columnist Bill Brioux, distributed by CP and published by the Winnipeg Free Press:
Thu, July 15 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Major road bump for Sun TV
From CP via CTV.ca: Quebecor Media has hit a snag in its effort to have its new 24 hour news network a must-carry channel on cable and satellite, The Canadian Press has learned. The broadcasting regulator has told Quebecor that its proposed Sun TV news channel, dubbed Fox News North by rivals, won’t be considered [...]
Thu, July 15 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Happy Bastille Day! Burn, baby, burn!
As an inside joke, I posted the following photo to Facebook on Thursday under the heading Happy Bastille Day: Mungo, a regular around here, offered up the following. Had it been around in 1789, this song would no doubt be the French national anthem today:
Wed, July 14 2010 » Minutiae, multimedia » Comments Off
If you don’t get Twitter, here’s why
Twitter: Those who like it, like it a lot — and vice-versa. Ivor Tossell offers some reasons why many dislike the social messaging service that has a user base of about 100 million people.
Tue, July 13 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Oh Twitter, you’re so fickle
Toronto journalist Sarah Millar penned some thoughts on Twitter (Twitter — the CNN of the future? ) as a news medium in response to a Toronto Star article from Sunday. I’m going to pick out an excerpt that notes how focused Twitter audiences are:
Tue, July 13 2010 » Main Page, Media » 2 Comments
A little bit neo-psychedelia, a little bit country
A few tunes that I posted to Twitter this evening: Brian Jonestown Massacre – Wisdom Swell Maps – Midget Submarines Inspiral Carpets – Please Be Cruel I was going to leave it at that. However, I got sidetracked by a Globe and Mail story touting the driving-song picks of Blue Rodeo singer Jim Cuddy. Two [...]
Mon, July 12 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al, multimedia » Comments Off
G20 coverage and Twitter
The Toronto Star’s Antonia Zerbisias, a voluminous tweeter herself, touts Twitter as having provided the best G20 news coverage. But in the her Twitter fangirl-ness, Zerbisias overlooks some salient points.
Sun, July 11 2010 » Main Page, Media » 7 Comments
The many skills of a network president
From an obituary on Murray Chercover, who spent two decades as president of CTV: CTV president was part programmer, part diplomat and part psychoanalyst Murray Chercover, whose voice Lloyd Robertson envied, began as an announcer and actor