Monthly Archives: September 2009

Howard Bernstein

September 30, 2009 – 6:12 pm

“The first time I heard the CBC was trying to attract a more youthful audience was in 1984. The powers-that-were tried to get me to dumb down my newscast, cut the length of news stories, be more sensational. I refused then because I believed CBC viewers had expectations of high quality news and information they [...]

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Jeffrey Dvorkin

September 26, 2009 – 8:15 pm

“But it was a depressing evening. All four panelists were well meaning, I’m sure. All avoided addressing the issue of ‘whither (sic) local TV news.’ Instead, to a person, they all denied there is a problem and happily engaged in a round of shameless self-promotion for their stations.”
– Jeffrey Dvorkin listens to a panel on [...]

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Infomatrix 2.0 beta release!

September 24, 2009 – 7:41 pm

Did you know that back in the day, Tea Makers founder and super-insider Ouimet was being hunted down ruthlessly by IT and Senior Management?

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Patrice Nortel Twitjacked!

September 24, 2009 – 6:46 pm

@patricenortle! OMG!

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Even Denis is bored with Dead Things on Sticks

September 23, 2009 – 12:00 pm

If there were a Canadian Blog Deadpool, Dead Things on Sticks would now be the one to bet on

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Kevin O’Leary

September 22, 2009 – 3:03 pm

“But I was concerned we wouldn’t be allowed – in the context of the CBC’s overall, what I call, left-wing agenda – to be what I am, which is a right-wing voice of reason. Richard [Stursberg] made it clear to me that that was not the case, I signed on that morning.”
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John Doyle

September 22, 2009 – 10:43 am

Me, I used to like Erica, but I really don’t give a rodent’s posterior about Dr. Tom. What’s happened now is that Erica’s singleton life and obsessions are not exactly compelling. And Dr. Tom is a drip.

– John Doyle reviews the Being Erica season premiere

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Mark Starowicz

September 20, 2009 – 5:54 pm

Starowicz: “When linear time no longer governs the airwaves, it puts an end to the shared national experience. People no longer have anything in common with each other”

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Get ready to have your mind blown

September 18, 2009 – 10:30 am

Are you ready for the heavy shit Jesse Hirsh and his friends at TVO are laying down on YouTube?

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Kirstine Stewart

September 17, 2009 – 11:12 am

Kirstine Stewart: ‘You own us’

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Remember: He’s a fashion designer now, not a gossip blogger

September 16, 2009 – 3:53 pm

‘Reminder: Perez Hilton on Q tmrw’

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Jeffrey Dvorkin

September 16, 2009 – 2:13 pm

Indeed, she informed me, reporters at the CBC are now known as “hitters” when they are assigned to provide those elements into the news programs. More and more reporters are expected to be “hitters” more than once a day. Fully-crafted and -edited reports for radio and television may soon be a thing of the past.
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CBC partners with TD Bank for all bank-related product placement on CBC-TV

September 16, 2009 – 2:11 pm

‘TD Canada Trust plays a role, big and smal,l in the lives of many Canadians, so it should feel natural for the audience to see us play a similar role in the lives of some of the most popular CBC characters’

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Tonight: Search Engine launch party

September 15, 2009 – 5:05 pm

Podcasts now have launch parties!

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