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Geist on Netflix: Our champion goes channel surfing

10/15/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Michael Geist is widely respected for his commentary on Canadian technology and media law, and rightly so. He’s been explaining complex matters in a straightforward way on his blog for a long time now, for the simple reason, apparently, that it serves the public good. He’s an open-source scholar; he’s our Cory […]

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Gambling on CanCon

10/02/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Jim Henshaw Now and then, I wander into a casino. Since I mostly live in Canada, where wagering is government run, I don’t stay long. That’s partly because our politically correct casinos seriously dial back the fun factor, designating where you can drink and how noisy you’re allowed to be. In addition, there are […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: business, Canada, Canadian TV, CRTC, gambling, Pierre Blais, television

Who will tell the CRTC a good story?

09/17/2014 by the editor 1 Comment

By Jim Henshaw Last week, it appeared that CRTC Chair Jean-Pierre Blais had found himself in a socially awkward position. The Writers Guild of Canada had presented their clear and cogent argument on the quality and appeal of Canadian made television. It wasn’t anything Blais hadn’t heard before. And maybe he was tired or maybe […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, Canadian c, Canadian television, CRTC, Pierre Blais, television, writing

Online, and off the radar

09/10/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Watch much Canadian TV? Watch many web series? For most Canadians the answer to both of those questions is most likely, “Not a lot.” So naturally the best way to increase the viewership for both is to fuse them together into one super, unstoppable, non-watched force, right? Wait . . . that […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: business, Canada, Canadian television, CRTC, internet, internet television, online media, online video

PostMedia, post newspaper

07/16/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Hey kids, remember PostMedia’s pitch for their tarsands promotion partnership with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers?: Postmedia is proud to present its 2013 media partnership with CAPP. We are a media company national in scope but community-focused. Canadians know our brands, trust our content, and welcome us as a vital member of their […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: advertising, business, Canada, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, David Walmsley, Enbridge Pipeline, Globe and, Keystone Pipeline, newspapers, Northern Gateway Pipeline, Postmedia

Coren’s epiphany

07/02/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon For as long as I can remember, Michael Coren has been one of the most ghastly anti-gay voices on the Canadian airwaves. A hardline right-wing Catholic who seemed to take pleasure in playing down the suffering of LGBT people, and mocking their struggle for equality. So you can imagine how shocked, and […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, LGBTQ, Michael Coren, newspapers, Sun Media, Sun News Network, Toronto

Programmed by Facebook

07/02/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Jim Henshaw This week the President of the CBC shared his vision of the future of our national broadcaster. It was a vague vision. Something about being leaner by thousands of jobs and less real estate, not overly committed to documentary projects or news and accessing audiences via social media and mobile instead of […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: business, Canadian television, CNN, digital media, Facebook, Hubert T. Lacroix, online media, social media, television, TV, twitter

Mohamed Fahmy and our silent Prime Minister

06/24/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, says Canada is “very disappointed” with the guilty verdict given Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy along with two others in Egypt yesterday. In the States, meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry called the verdicts “chilling and draconian.” British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was “completely […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Canada, David Cameron, Egypt, international affairs, John Baird, John Kerry, law, Lynne Yelich, Mohamed Fahmy, Stephen Harper, Tony Abbott

Wynne wins, Sun too depressed to write a new hed

06/14/2014 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

A BoB Short Over there is the Toronto Sun’s response regarding the Ontario Liberal Party’s majority government win on Thursday night. This work of art is a throwback to the one that ran last election on both the Toronto and Ottawa editions of the tabloid, which greeted readers with a simple “We’ve got a Liberal […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, Canadian Press, Kathleen Wynne, National Post, newspapers, Ontario, Ontario Liberal Party, Toronto Sun

As It Happens and Minister Whiny

06/13/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By John Klein (aka Saskboy) CBC’s As It Happens, June 11, 2014. Conservative Minister Chris Alexander: “Why is that the only question that interests you?” Carol Off: “Because you won’t answer it, that’s why it’s interesting!” “You want the one question that I won’t answer because it changes every day.” “We’ve been asking this for […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: As It Happens, Canada, Carol Off, CBC, Chris Alexander, Conservatives, immigration, Syria

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From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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