Broadcasting

Local journalism in Atlantic Canada in trouble as company known to ‘slash and burn’ buys dozens of newspapers

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Local journalism in Atlantic Canada in trouble as company known to ‘slash and burn’ buys dozens of newspapers

If you want to understand the struggling local news landscape, look no further than Atlantic Canada, where a takeover has kept the region’s largest newspaper publisher in operation, but still leaves local journalism in a tenuous state. Toronto-based Postmedia, whose titles include the National Post and the Montreal Gazette, has taken over the financially insolvent SaltWire … Read more

Broadcaster Charles Adler wants to meet with Manitoba chiefs after calls to pull Senate appointment

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Broadcaster Charles Adler wants to meet with Manitoba chiefs after calls to pull Senate appointment

Broadcaster Charles Adler says he’s asked for a face-to-face meeting with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and its grand chief after the assembly called for Adler’s recent Senate appointment to be rescinded over what it called “grossly offensive” comments he made about Indigenous communities 25 years ago. “I am accountable for what I say and … Read more

Great White singer Jack Russell, who survived nightclub fire that killed 100 people, dead at 63

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Great White singer Jack Russell, who survived nightclub fire that killed 100 people, dead at 63

Great White singer Jack Russell, whose band’s long climb to commercial success was overshadowed by a pyrotechnics display at a nightclub performance that led to one of the deadliest indoor fires in U.S. history, has died. He was 63. A statement released by his family on Russell’s social media accounts on Thursday indicated the singer … Read more

Corus accuses Rogers of ‘predatory behaviour’ that undercuts broadcasting competitors

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Corus accuses Rogers of ‘predatory behaviour’ that undercuts broadcasting competitors

Corus Entertainment Inc. has filed a complaint with Canada’s broadcasting regulator alleging Rogers Communications Inc. is “engaging in predatory behaviour” to suppress potential competition. In a July 26 letter to the CRTC, posted online in redacted form this week, Corus vice-president and associate general counsel Matt Thompson asked for regulatory intervention to prevent a “significant … Read more

Day of disruptions, dashed plans for many Canadians after global tech outage

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Day of disruptions, dashed plans for many Canadians after global tech outage

Canadians weren’t spared the headaches of cancelled flights, delayed medical appointments and other problems caused by a failed cybersecurity software upgrade that caused a host of cascading issues around the globe on Friday. According to an alert sent by the global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to its clients and reviewed by Reuters, the company’s Falcon Sensor software … Read more

Airlines, banks, health care have operations disrupted in global IT outage

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Airlines, banks, health care have operations disrupted in global IT outage

A global tech outage was disrupting operations in multiple industries on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off-air and everything from banking to health care hit by system problems. According to an alert sent by global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike to its clients and reviewed by Reuters, the company’s Falcon Sensor software is causing Microsoft … Read more

CBC radio personality Rick Cluff dead at 74

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CBC radio personality Rick Cluff dead at 74

Rick Cluff, one of British Columbia’s most loved radio personalities, has died. Cluff passed away following a short battle with cancer days after marking his 74th birthday.  A consummate broadcaster, Cluff brought his friendly voice and big personality to CBC Vancouver in 1997 and helped turn The Early Edition into the No. 1-rated morning show in … Read more

5 more arrests, including primary suspect, in connection with Desjardins data leak

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5 more arrests, including primary suspect, in connection with Desjardins data leak

Quebec provincial police have arrested five more people with crimes tied to a massive data breach at Desjardins, including the former bank employee originally suspected of being behind the leak. Four of them, three men and one woman, were arrested early Thursday morning, hours after Laval police announced arrests of their own tied to the … Read more

Google signs deal with organization to distribute $100M to Canadian news companies

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Google signs deal with organization to distribute 0M to Canadian news companies

Google named the organization it has selected to distribute the $100 million the tech giant has promised to Canadian news companies Friday. Google agreed to pay Canadian news publishers $100 million annually, indexed to inflation, in order to be exempt from the Online News Act, which compels tech companies to enter into agreements with news … Read more

Foreign streamers must pay into fund to boost Canadian content, CRTC says

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Foreign streamers must pay into fund to boost Canadian content, CRTC says

Online streaming services operating in Canada will be required to contribute five per cent of their Canadian revenues to support the domestic broadcasting system, the country’s telecoms regulator said on Tuesday. The money will be used to boost funding for local and Indigenous broadcasting, officials from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said in a briefing. “Today’s decision … Read more