All things Weekly Briefing from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.
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Weekly Briefing
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Leon Hildebrandt has announced his retirement as Executive Vice President of Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS) after 40 years with the company. Hildebrandt started...
Weekly Briefing
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Bob Weiers, the Executive Producer of Elections and Live Events for CBC News, is retiring. Following writing and lineup editor stints at Global...
Weekly Briefing
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Jeff Collier is the new Global News National Managing Editor – Weekends. Collier has been with Global since 2015, most recently as Executive...
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Isabelle Picard, a Huron-Wendat ethnologist and First Nations expert, has been appointed Senior Specialist in Indigenous Affairs on Radio-Canada’s Community Inclusion team. Picard...
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Katie Wilson has joined WildBrain Television as Vice President, Channels and Curation. In the newly-created position, she'll be responsible for curating content and...
The Weekly Briefing
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Chris Biggs and Jason Barr are leaving HTZ-FM (CHTZ-FM) St. Catharines to replace the retiring Doc & Woody at Rogers’ 106.1 CHEZ Ottawa....
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Rick Webber has announced his retirement from Global Okanagan, effective July 31. Webber has been a news anchor in the Okanagan for almost...
The Weekly Briefing
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The Radio Trailblazers honoured this year’s Rosalie Award recipient Tuesday Night at Toronto’s Rosewater Room, in conjunction with Canadian Music Week. This year’s honouree...
The Weekly Briefing
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Nabil Karim, who parted ways with TSN in March, is joining ESPN. Karim, who hails from Burnaby, BC, had been with TSN since...
The Weekly Briefing
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Rogers has announced it’s acquiring Vancouver-based branded podcast company Pacific Content. Launched in 2015 by co-founders Steve Pratt, Chris Boyce, and Jennifer Ouano, who...
