Tag: Media

All things Media from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

Sign Offs

Joanne Sutton, on March 7, after a battle with cancer. After graduating from the BCIT Broadcast program, Sutton’s first foray into radio was in...

BuzzFeed shutters HuffPost Canada

HuffPost Canada is being shuttered as part of layoffs announced by BuzzFeed on Tuesday, just weeks after acquiring the HuffPost brand from Verizon Media. The...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – SCOC declines to hear big...

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its decision, declining to hear appeals by the big telecoms seeking to overturn the CRTC’s 2019 decision...

Online & Digital Media – Torstar to fund journalism with online...

Torstar Corporation has announced its intention to launch an online casino betting brand in 2021 in the regulated $500 million a year Ontario online...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Jeff & Laura with Backstage Ben, the morning show team at Virgin Radio London (CIQM-FM), are now also being heard in the morning...

Online & Digital Media News – MTM says 15 per cent...

Media Technology Monitor (MTM) has released its latest Sneak Peek Report. Among its key findings are that Subscription Video on Demand Services (SVOD) continue...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Ryerson Review of Journalism pauses...

TVA Group Inc. recorded operating revenue of $147.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, a year-over-year decrease of $16.6 million. Fourth quarter operating...

The Weekly Briefing

  REVOLVING DOOR: Adam Owen, Managing Editor, CBC Tandem has left the public broadcaster’s embattled branded content division to work for crisis communications firm, Navigator. Owen...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Mike Wilner is joining the Toronto Star as a baseball columnist and host of a new podcast, less than three months after parting...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – CBSC rules Burke comments violated...

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has concluded that comments made by former Sportsnet panelist Brian Burke breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB)...