Networks of ExclusionJul 8, 2012 Roundtable on Cultural Diversity in the Toronto Screen Media Production Industry: Report and Action PlanSource: jeremyshtern.orgOn December 9, 2011, national and international media leaders, scholars, practitioners and stakeholders met in Toronto to address the challenges and opportunities facing visible minority screen media producers in the Canadian media industry. The roundtable was convened to address the persistent economic marginalization of visible minority screen media producers in the English-language Canadian screen media industry. |
Jun 18, 2013 — L. Ian MacDonald: Where Trudeau went wrongLiberal Leader Justin Trudeau reportedly was paid $20,000 while a backbench MP in 2008 to speak to Rogers Media. Jun 17, 2013 — Wekerle’s Difference Capital Names Jim Shaw and Fecan to Board by Doug AlexanderDifference Capital Financial Inc., the Canadian merchant bank founded by former GMP Capital Inc. trader Michael Wekerle, named Jim Shaw and Ivan Fecan to its board. Jun 17, 2013 — A better model for the CBC by Wade RowlandAuthor says that while the PBS model of public broadcasting might look like a viable option, the fact is that Canada simply is not populous enough, nor well-enough endowed with foundations and philanthropists, to support a broadcast system that would provide anything like the level of service currently expected of the CBC. Jun 17, 2013 — CRTC calls for opinions in InuvikIristel is moving to provide local telephone service in Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Inuvik, challenging Northwestel for market share in Canada’s north. Jun 17, 2013 — CRTC warned about the cost of telecom in the North by Thandiwe VelaNorthwesTel Inc. makes the case for its $233-million network modernization plan for communication services across the Far North at a hearing of the country’s telecom regulator. Jun 17, 2013 — Canada's Private Broadcasters Spending Big on U.S. TV Shows: ReportColumnist says that despite a slight drop last year in dollars spent on U.S. TV shows, Canadian private broadcasters are still feeding their addiction to popular American series at the expense of local dramas and sitcoms. Jun 15, 2013 — Brian Sewell: the BBC's factual television is an insult to the nation by Michael Hogan and Brian SewellArt critic Brian Sewell denounces most factual TV as disgracefully dumbed-down – particularly on the BBC – while television writer Michael Hogan begs to differ Jun 15, 2013 — TV news people a different breed from their newspaper cousins by Mark BonokoskiColumnist says television stars like Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin arrived to the Senate already accustomed to fine wine and privilege, and having pay packets that make a newspaperman’s wage look more chump change in a tip jar. |
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