Posts by Tea Makers operative Ouimet

Editor, publisher, factual entertainer.

Feds finger family to free Fung

Mellissa Fung to Anna Maria Tremonti: “I now understand that Afghan intelligence had sort of fingered the family of the ringleader of this gang and had arrested a whole bunch of them, and it was a prisoner exchange that they agreed to release the family if the group would release me, and that’s what ended [...]

Spitting image

Kenneth the Page from 30 Rock (right) looks almost entirely like a younger, happier Fred Mattocks (left).

David Knott debuts on CBC News

That’s some nice work there, boys

04/14/2005:Gore’s TV Seeks Northern Insights“Current TV will be based in part on a 3-year old experimental TV show from Canada.”11/10/2008:CBC partners with Gore to bring Current TV to Canada11/11/2008:Layoffs hit Al Gore’s Current Media

40 years too late

“Eyewitness News” celebrates a birthday.

CBC senior executives collect nearly $1,000,000 in performance bonuses

According to an ATI request from the Sun.

Mellissa Fung freed

Finally. Good news from Afghanistan. Welcome back, Mellissa. Nov. 10th 1:05pm addendum:Interview video from CNN:Embedded video from CNN VideoSeveral people have pointed out to me that the Afghan press reported on the story at the time. At least one blogger has wondered if the media blackout was “a case of the right-wing media colluding to [...]

The Diminishment of Canada

This was originally posted in the comments by M.J. O’Brien, but I thought it worth bringing to the fore.Enjoy.~O I see greed for excessive profits breeding powerful executives in the Canadian news industry as it loses sight of the original canons of journalism. Concomitantly I fear that news/editorial departments will be converted to low-autonomy entities [...]

Letter to the CBC President requesting the reinstatement of Patrick Brown and Don Murray

To: Hubert Lacroix, CBC PresidentCopies to:Richard Stursberg, Vice-President, English TelevisionJohn Cruickshank, Publisher, CBC News and Current Affairs Sir,While we realize CBC is facing budgetary pressures, and that resources are increasingly precious, we do not understand the decision of senior management to cashier Don Murray and Patrick Brown. First, it is clear they both received a [...]

The madness of King Richard

There’s a $35 million budget shortfall at the CBC owing to Richard Stursberg’s gamble on hip new TV programming. Ratings are down, advertisers are losing confidence, and the money now has to come from somewhere. CBC News looks like a likely candidate. Patrick Brown and Don Murray were let go. But let’s face it, they [...]

Guest blogger: Will History Be Erased? Again?

Sent to us by Allan.Enjoy.~O What’s going to happen to insidecbc.com?The domain name is owned by Tod Maffin, so the question is, can he afford to keep paying the rent?AND his 3 yr. iPhone contract? There’s likely no contingency plan, such as keeping several copies of the blog in safety deposit boxes scattered across various [...]

Up With Senior Managers!

Greetings! Welcome back, wherever you were! And thank you for not deleting this email. What a summer it’s been! I’ve spent much of it answering emails from our friends of Canadian broadcasting and traveling across the country as part of my Challenge Us! initiative. I’ve been spending time in the trenches with you folks. It’s [...]

Unsubstantiated rumour day

Hi, Ouimet here. Yes, that’s right. Ouimet Classic. How have you been? You look great. Is that a new skirt? I see you finally got your monocle cleaned. It’s about time. Fake Ouimet is taking a few days off from this blog. Perhaps he’s had a couple of major health setbacks. Or maybe he’s rearranging [...]

What do you think of the new Oi!?

It may seem like forever, but your new Oi! employee portal is still young. The Oi! Team is serious about knowing what you think of it. Dead serious. In fact, our jobs depend on it. So be a dear and fill out this survey. Don’t make us put a hold on your next paycheque. The [...]

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