Senator Michael Fortier, Minister responsible for Montreal in the Harper Cabinet, expresses optimism for culture and Montreal after overcoming tumultuous relations with Quebec under former Heritage Minister Bev Oda a year ago.
Columnist says that majority of recent government appointments have gone to people with Tory links.
Response from the Prime Minster's office to a FRIENDS supporter letter expressing concern over the appointment of Hubert Lacroix as President of the CBC.
CBC management denies new structure for English language services will lead to job cuts.
FRIENDS says CBC management changes threaten to "downgrade the independence" of CBC Radio.
CBC's new Executive Vice-President CBC English Services and Executive Director CBC Radio tell staff the integration of English language services does not signal a change in direction for CBC Radio, Television or new media.
Robert Rabinovitch, CBC's outgoing President and CEO, informs staff of the integration of English language CBC Radio and Television led by Richard Stursberg, Executive Vice-President, English Services.
Memo from Ian Morrison to the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting Steering committee regarding a letter from William Chambers, CBC Communications VP.
FRIENDS writes letter of welcome to Hubert T. Lacroix upon his appointment as President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada.
FRIENDS quoted in an editorial saying the CBC president should be chosen by its board of directors.
Editorial says there is little in Hubert Lacroix's CV to suggest he brings skills or experience of specific relevance to his new job as president and CEO of the CBC.
Elections Canada records indicate the new CBC president donated $1,000 to Daniel Fournier, the 2006 Conservative candidate in the Montreal riding of Outremont.
A Montreal corporate lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions has been named the new president and chief executive of the CBC.
FRIENDS says Prime Minister Stephen Harper has ignored a House of Commons Heritage committee directive that said the CBC president should be hired and fired by the CBC board of directors.
FRIENDS expresses concern over the process by which the new CBC president and CEO was hand-picked by Prime Minster Stephen Harper.
FRIENDS says choices made by the CBC's English-language television network are among the most serious problems facing Hubert Lacroix.
The Official Opposition Critic for Canadian Heritage wants the next CBC President and CEO to present his vision for the public broadcaster in front a parliamentary committee.
Email to Conservative party insiders contains official talking points for the appointment of Hubert Lacroix as President of the CBC.
FRIENDS says the CEO of Canada's public broadcaster should report to the CBC board, not Prime Minister Harper.
FRIENDS says it is against the national interest for the senior leader of Canada's public broadcaster to be an appointment by a politician.
Canadian Heritage Minister Josée Verner has appointed a Montreal lawyer whose résumé includes work as a Radio-Canada sports commentator as the new head of the CBC.
FRIENDS says Prime Minister Harper has ignored a recommendation of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage in appointing Hubert Lacroix as President of the CBC.
Columnist says controversial ads that criticize Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations were prepared by a company in which Heritage Minister Josée Verner and her husband have a financial interest.
An American scholar and media activist says journalism is facing a crisis around the world and unless it's fixed, society is in 'big trouble'.
Columnists examine whether embattled BBC director general, Mark Thompson, will be able to see though his six-year plan for Britain's public broadcaster.
Columnist says that an almost complete turnover of CRTC commissioners will have a significant bearing on federal broadcasting and telecommunications policy at a critical time.
Columnist says that media organizations are increasingly using 'headhunters' to find candidates for key management positions.
Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, has appointed Rémi Racine of Montréal as a member of the Board of Directors of the CBC.
Columnist says that a string of high-profile controversies may cost BBC director general Mark Thompson his job.
New CBC news publisher envisions primarily strategic role in helping CBC deliver news on different platforms and in new ways, but still expects to be involved in day-to-day news editing.
CBC splits top news position into journalistic, operational roles.
FRIENDS calls CBC publisher hire an inspired choice for a challenging position.
FRIENDS notes new head of CBC news will be at the "front line" between the news and political appointees in CBC management.
Chicago Sun-Times publisher and former Globe & Mail and Vancouver Sun editor appointed 'publisher' of CBC news.
Opinion piece argues the CRTC should recognize the limitations on its authority imposed by new technology.
Columnist says Jim Prentice, who inherits the telecommunications deregulation process from Maxime Bernier, will likely be quickly consumed by competing broadcasting interests.
Columnist notes that voters in Quebec - where the new Minister of Canadian Heritage is from - and urban Canada want federal support for the CBC, museums, ballet tours and galleries.
The NDP's Olivia Chow says Bev Oda lost her post as Heritage Minister because of high-profile mistakes such as a 2006 political fundraiser organized by broadcasters.
Columnist says Josée Verner - a Quebec City MP and new Heritage Minister - is considered progressive and more likely to be embraced by the arts community.
Article says that the decision of choosing a "right-wing" strategist to recruit two top managers for CBC could signal the Harper government's desire to politicize the public broadcaster.
Article says the CBC is looking for two people replace Tony Burman - an executive director and an executive editor.
Veteran broadcast journalist Michel Morin has been appointed as a commissioner of the CRTC.
NDP MP Charlie Angus has asked the CBC Board Chair to keep Tom Long, a "Conservative insider", out of hiring process for a new CEO and executive director of news for Canada's public broadcaster.
Michel Morin, a journalist, economic news editor, and chief editor of television news for both Radio-Canada and RDI has been appointment as a commissioner of the CRTC.
The Conservative government is facing charges of political meddling in the selection process for a new president and chief of news operations at the CBC.
FRIENDS says the hiring of headhunting firm Egon Zehnder International to look for a new president and CEO of CBC is a step in the right direction.
FRIENDS comments on proposals from a CRTC Task Force on the governance and operation of the Canadian Television Fund.
FRIENDS says the next CBC President should have a wide knowledge of the country and have a strong background in production, scheduling and marketing.
The Harper government launches a search for a new CBC President.
Robert Rabinovitch, CBC's President and CEO, informs staff that the Government is initiating a formal recruitment process to name his successor.
FRIENDS supports the CBSC proposal with the addition of two provisions to protect freedom of speech and access to employment in a changing media environment.
A U.S. press watchdog says 13 members of the Russian news media have been killed in the past decade.
Columnist says CBC must concentrate on its core competencies - earnest programming for people who find information entertaining - to make itself relevant to Canadians again.
Conrad Black, the former Canadian media baron, has been convicted of obstruction of justice and fraud.
Outgoing head of CBC news comments on journalistic standards in the search for new audiences, funding for the public broadcaster and his pride in CBC Newsworld.
The BBC's director general has promised to "revolutionise" Britain's public broadcaster, making it less arrogant, more open and more efficient in an effort to maintain its relevance in a world of Facebook and YouTube.
Blog post comments on the inner workings of the CBC, including staff concerns over access to information requests.
FRIENDS spot survey shows that more than a third of CBC’s weekly prime time schedule was devoted to foreign shows.
Former Heritage Minister speculates Tony Burman was pushed out of the top job at CBC news, and that the continuing quest for audience will dominate CBC programming choices.
CBC TV's executive vice-president of English television claims the presence of news on the public broadcaster has actually grown.
Columnist says Tony Burman's departure as the head of CBC news comes at a time when senior management is intensely interested in better viewing numbers and lighter fare in both prime-time programming and news coverage.
Columnist questions whether Tony Burman's departure from the top journalism job at CBC signals a change in how the public broadcaster covers news.
Columnist says CBC Television has been pouring increasing resources into "infotainment" programming at the perceived expense of news and current affairs portfolios.
FRIENDS says CBC's top news editor had to cope with poor decisions from top management such as chopping regional newscasts in half in 2000.
FRIENDS says Tony Burman was the most senior protector of the independence of the radio and television news service from political interference from the senior management at CBC.
Tony Burman's resignation as editor in chief of CBC News, Current Affairs and Newsworld is the latest departure from the CBC executive suite.
Victor Rabinovitch, president of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and brother of the head of the CBC, says politicians should not tell cultural institutions how to conduct their business.
Article says there is growing disappointment and frustration among Conservatives with the Harper government putting a decision on the future of the CBC on hold.
Article says that after a week of nationwide mass protests and criticism from the international community, President Musharraf of Pakistan has withdrawn proposed curbs on media coverage of opposition protests.
President Musharraf has amended Pakistani regulations governing the electronic media, including private television channels that the general has accused of anti-government bias.
Shaw Communications alleges Canadian Television Fund executives are pursuing "an aggressive and purposeful agenda" to tighten their grip on money used to fund domestic TV shows.
Thousands of Venezuelans have protested a decision by President Hugo Chavez to pull the plug on an opposition-aligned TV station.
CBC executives claim that in 2006 CBC TV enjoyed its best prime-time season in five years with several shows pulling in one million weekly viewers.
CBC's new board chair says the public broadcaster needs stable long-term funding to operate effectively and that CBC TV shouldn't be totally free of advertising.
Winners of the 2007 Dalton Camp Award to be announced on May 31st at the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences in Saskatoon.
Article says Venezuelan troops have seized an anti-government television channel's broadcast equipment as part of a President Hugo Chavez plan to take the broadcaster off the air.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused of wielding political power over the media after his former deputy campaign director was given a senior management post at a broadcast powerhouse.
FRIENDS questions the appointment process of senior management for Canada's public broadcaster.
Auditor general Sheila Fraser says CBC had 6,000 hours of unused and improperly managed programming at its French and English TV networks in 2005.
Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda insists that all cheques from members of the broadcast industry were returned after a controversial political fundraiser was cancelled last fall.
The new CBC Board chair says he wants to help the CBC thrive in the changing landscape of media and information, and ensure its appeal crosses generational and cultural boundaries.
Columnist says Heritage Minister Bev Oda has favoured accounting and corporate-board experience over a background in media or the arts with the appointment of the new chairman of the CBC.
Critics question the new CBC Board chair's lack of experience in broadcasting.
Columnist says that Stephen Harper's centralized decision-making style means that when the Prime Minister likes a cultural project, such as the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, funds become available.
Heritage Minister Bev Oda has appointed Timothy W. Casgrain as Chairperson of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Editorial says that the Heritage Minister's poor handling of a proposed $30-million plan to sponsor arts and culture festivals now gives a potentially worthy program the perception of a patronage 'slush fund'.
Editorial says Heritage Minister Bev Oda should release details of a new cultural sponsorship program to all interested groups, not just MPs.
Journalists employed by the Russian News Service say they were told by new managers - who are allies of the Kremlin - that at least 50 percent of the reports about Russia must be "positive."
Rudy Buttignol, an independent producer, director, writer writer and former creative head of network programming at TVOntario is taking over as the interim head of BC's public broadcaster.
British opposition parties are calling the appointment of the new BBC chairman 'cronyism' - Michael Lyons is a key supporter of 'Prime Minister-in-waiting,' Gordon Brown.
The British government has chosen Michael Lyons as the new BBC chairman.
FRIENDS recommends to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage that CBC governance should be free from patronage, the public broadcaster should better reflect Canada's regions and Parliament should increase CBC's budget by $100 million per year for the next five years.
FRIENDS says that, from dumbed-down news reporting to Hollywood imports to decimated local programming, CBC senior management is not delivering what Canadians need.
Columnist says CBC president and CEO Robert Rabinovitch and CBC-TV executive vice-president Richard Stursberg, have been 'stung' by FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting.
FRIENDS defends evaluating the performance of senior CBC executives.
Noreen Golfman, Chair, FRIENDS Steering Committee responds to allegations by W. B. Chambers, Vice President, Communications, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CARTT says that telecom insiders are speculating that the new CRTC chairman is coming in with a mandate of change.
Richard Stursberg, executive vice-president of CBC English TV delivers his annual "state-of-the-union" memo to CBC employees.
FRIENDS says the track record of Richard Stursberg, executive vice-president of CBC English-TV over the past two years has been very disappointing.
The appointment of Konrad von Finckenstein as chairman of the CRTC has drawn praise from industry insiders that consider him a logical choice by the federal government.
Columnist notes that new CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein's track record as the head of Canada's Competition Bureau may not bode well for the takeover of CHUM by CTVglobemedia, and the deal between Canwest/Goldman Sachs and Alliance Atlantis.
Heritage Minister Bev Oda has named Federal Court Judge Konrad von Finckenstein, former commissioner of the Competition Bureau, as the new chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
The Canadian Television Fund says that Shaw Communications and Quebecor's obligation to support Canadian television production is not discretionary and the fund has the fiduciary responsibility to act.
NDP Heritage Critic Charlie Angus calls on Heritage Minister Bev Oda to explain what steps will be taken to enforce the obligations of Videotron and Shaw to pay into the Canadian Television Fund.
The performers' union tells the Canadian Film and Television Production Association that, instead of fighting each other in court, they should be working together on issues such as media concentration and Shaw Communications' pullout from the Canadian Television Fund.
Vidéotron Ltée has pulled its support of the Canadian Television Fund, demanding a federal review into how contributions are being spent by the production community.
Challenging issues are looming that need to be addressed by Canada’s broadcast and telecom regulator.
The Television Bureau of Canada is being accused of censorship by an advocacy group after a commercial aimed at Prime Minister Stephen Harper was refused approval.
Study on propaganda in the media finds the CNN theme music for post-9/11 coverage had a revenge tone while CBC Newsworld's music had a gentler sound.
The BBC has been ordered to publish internal documents revealing why a former director was fired in 2004 after its Iraq war coverage was criticized.
Michel Arpin, CRTC's vice-chairman of broadcasting, has been chosen to serve as interim chairman of the federal broadcast and telecom industry regulator.
Columnist says CBC TV will have less arts programming in 2007 because of a senior management focus on ratings.
Columnist predicts that media concentration, sports broadcasting rights and CRTC reform will be among the major issues in the media industry for 2007.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's decision not to renew the broadcast license of a television station often critical of his government has fueled debate over whether he is stifling dissent.
