“Funny to see Owen Pallett’s name in there. Early promos for “The Signal” had his name attached to them, until he asked them to stop……” [read]
“wait, never mind the format, we’re going back to local news at 11:00 PM again? We’re not even supporting the 6 PM news well enough.
Further, if we’re really going to have 11pm local news, why make it just like the…” [read]
“Gah. That last link should be: http://adage.com/brightcove/single.php?bcpid=1370868150&bctid=1655754265…” [read]
“Hey Tod,
I am worried that some of your contributors may be taking your synopsis of our submission, which highlights only a couple of its points, as the sum total of our position.
To be clear, CBC/Radio-Canada believes that…” [read]
“The real challenge should not be how to make ourselves more like the other guys….it should be, in a highly competitive news culture, how to make sure we are not just like them….” [read]
“I noticed something similar with CBC News “The National”, and it annoyed me enough that I decided not to watch the program. After introducing the news items for the broadcast, a deep voice (seemingly imitating James Earl Jones) cuts in…” [read]
“CBC management seems to be burning both ends at once: first they’re chopping vigorously into the programming that typically appeals to the older crowd, now they’re completely ignoring the big push from the younger demo. It’s getting harder to resist…” [read]
“Doesn’t the premise of getting CBC news on your iphone contradict the study (next story) that new media or technology will not overtake traditional broadcasters?
The CBC has seen its numbers decline steadily since, well, since “the restructuring” was implemented and…” [read]
ROFL!