CityNews is no more
Rogers Communication’s foray into the world of 24 hour local TV news has ended after 20 months.
Thu, May 30 2013 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Satirist Stewart touted as America’s new Edward R. Murrow
A New York Times article asks whether Jon Stewart of The Daily Show fame is to our times what CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow was to the news media of the 1950s. My tweeted response? Jon Stewart has his Murrow-esque moments mainly when he abandons his comedic persona & plays a journalist on TV.
Mon, December 27 2010 » Main Page, Media, politics » 6 Comments
Doyle detects an agenda at the Corpse
Globe and Mail TV critic John Doyle thinks he’s found a pattern at the CBC, with its tolerance of hockey commentator Don Cherry’s forays into politics and the right-wing tilt of business “dragon” Kevin O’Leary.
Tue, December 7 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Don Martin to become a full-time TV talkin’ guy
From CP via CTV.ca (posted Nov. 30): Veteran newspaper columnist Don Martin has been named the new host of CTV News Channel’s political flagship show “Power Play.” Martin joins the network with three decades of experience covering municipal, provincial and federal politics for the National Post and Calgary Herald. He takes over from veteran host [...]
Thu, December 2 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
CTV News president Robert Hurst calls it a career
From CTV.ca: Robert Hurst, the president of CTV News and Current Affairs, is leaving the network after 38 illustrious years.
Wed, December 1 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Sun TV gets its licence
From CP via CTV.ca (posted Nov. 26): Canadians are about to get a third 24-hour English-language cable news channel, and it’s one that plans to shake up the industry. The CRTC has approved a five-year licence for Sun TV news service — referred to by critics as Fox News North — to go into direct [...]
Mon, November 29 2010 » Main Page, Media » 2 Comments
Fri, November 19 2010 » Main Page, Media, multimedia » 2 Comments
And the future of broadcast news is …
Ah, who knows? But NBC’s Mark Lukasiewicz told a Canadian Journalism Foundation event that there will always be a demand for good visual story-telling — it just might not pay as well as it did before.
Tue, November 16 2010 » Main Page, Media » 4 Comments
Catching up with Sun TV
No criminal charges over Kory Teneycke’s boyish games involving the Avaaz.org poll, and what a whopper of a poorly-reported story by the Guardian on “Fox News North.”
Tue, November 9 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Sounds like a fun place to work
The NYT’s David Carr had a lengthy feature on the culture of senior management of the Tribune Co. after real estate mogul Samuel Zell bought the media company with other people’s money.