Last weekend was CMW and I feel like I owe a wrap up, or a mention of some kind. First let me say that CMW was great. Thanks to a little help from a friend I was able to go to more shows than usual, talked to alot of people – especially people from out…
the New, New Music
As readers of this blog know Publicbroadcasting.ca touches on a variety of things – Canadian art, culture, public broadcasting, politics, journalism and other. As most of you also know, or will have noticed. I have a particular soft spot for music. There is always more going on than I have time for. I could do…
Everyone Talks About the CBC, but No One Does Anything About It
The topic du jour in the papers this weekend has been the CBC’s funding woes. Even Conrad Black weighed in from prison. (The article was very supportive of the public broadcaster but I don’t know if his endorsement is helpful these days.) George Jonas, in the same paper, was less favorable: “Much to the chagrin…
Future of Media: An Idea Whose Time Has Come (apparently)
So I threw the idea out there about creating a forum for creatives, artists, content creators, journalists, media management folk, tech people and consumers to come together and chat about the things that need to be talked about. Namely how do we make it all work? How do we create a system that meets consumers…
Bicycles Go On Hiatus
Radio 3 has a post up about the break up of the Bicycles. The Bikes Myspace Blog says: “hey there! little fyi: this friday’s cmw show at the horseshoe will be the last bicycles show for a loooong time… and… maybe… forever (or maybe not forever. you never know). so if you really like us…
22 Minutes: Stapler – the latest in self defense
Despite heavy airport security, the public is now armed! Should the RCMP be worried? Should Ottawa do something about public access to such dangerous weapons?
The Future of Media?
After yesterday’s decision to create the Canadian Media Fund I’ve decided to set up a discussion group on the future of media. The current models, TV, radio, newspapers etc., seem to be broken. The CBC is cutting back annually, local stations are going away, newspapers are laying off and folding and most internet financial models…
Is Mass Media Coming to an End?
These are desperate times in media generally. Layoffs, cut backs in service, and even closing the doors altogether are regular daily occurrences. Today the Conservative government, in the first indication that anyone in Ottawa understands what is going on in media combined the Canadian Television Fund and the Canadian New Media Fund into the Canadian…
Hamilton Movement to Make CHCH Community Owned
CanWest Global announced some time ago that they were looking for a buyer for Hamilton television station CHCH and it looks like they may have found one – Hamilton. The community is coming together in an effort to buy CHCH and make it community owned. This Sunday, March 15, at Club Absinth, 233 King Street…
A dying breed of identity
Staying on topic of yesterday’s post about the long life of Denver’s Rocky Mountain News having it’s final day on Friday, north of the U.S. border our own continual decline in the news and radio business is taking a downward spiral as the CBC looks to the federal government for bridge financing, willing to be…