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Bell to reduce workforce by 4,800, divest 45 radio stations

Bell has announced it's reducing its workforce by 4,800 positions and selling 45 of its 103 radio stations, pending CRTC approval. Representing 9% of the...

CBC/Radio-Canada unveils National Indigenous Strategy

CBC/Radio-Canada has unveiled the public broadcaster's first-ever National Indigenous Strategy. Strengthening Relations, Walking Together is a three-year plan committing to better reflect and serve First...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Tait defends CBC/Radio-Canada ‘bonus structure’ before Heritage committee

Rogers Sports & Media (RSM) has released its annual Women in Production Action Plan for 2023. In the 2022-23 broadcast year, 51% of key...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Best Buy and Bell enter into retail partnership

Best Buy Canada and Bell Canada have entered into a strategic partnership to operate 165 consumer electronics retail stores in Canada. The Source, a...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Rogers leads CCTS complaints for first time

Rogers leads complaints for the first time in the 15-year history of the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) in its 2022-23 Annual...

Dany Meloul appointed Executive Vice-President of Radio-Canada

Dany Meloul has officially been named CBC/Radio-Canada’s new Executive Vice-President of French Services, overseeing all of the public broadcaster’s French-language programming services, including ICI...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Online forum series tackles mental health in newsrooms

LISTEN: The Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma, the Canadian Association of Journalists and Carleton University School of Journalism are launching a series...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – George Stroumboulopoulos, Susanne Craig among new Order of Canada appointees

George Stroumboulopoulos, New York Times investigative journalist Susanne Craig, and pioneering filmmaker Peter Pearson, are among the new appointees to the Order of Canada....

Susan Marjetti retires as General Manager of CBC News

Susan Marjetti, General Manager of CBC News, has announced her retirement after 45 years in Canadian media, 35 of those with the public broadcaster. Marjetti...

George Stroumboulopoulos, Susanne Craig among new Order of Canada appointments

Radio and television broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos, New York Times investigative journalist Susanne Craig, and pioneering filmmaker Peter Pearson, are among the new appointees to...

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