At left, Gary Clement’s National Post cartoon from Friday. At right, a CBC TV crew spotted on Canwest death watch outside the Post‘s Don Mills HQ the same day. It’s like a joke. Or maybe a parable. One media outlet characterized (fairly or unfairly) as left wing and one media outlet characterized (fairly or unfairly) [...]

Starting September 1, the Hamilton television station known as CH will be rebranded as E! Entertainment Television. E! is an American entertainment and lifestyle cable broadcaster best known for its wildly successful E! True Hollywood Story series. CH corporate parent CanWest MediaWorks will license the E! trademark and manage Canadian content programming, including online, mobile, [...]

Ah, convergence. It’s a word fraught with different meanings, competing motives, and opinions up the proverbial wazoo. To some, convergence is a paradise of synergy, cross-promotion, and massive profits. To others, it’s confirmation that more and more information is being disseminated by less and less people. Wherever you stand, however, the world of Toronto media [...]

So, what did you think of that nine percent increase in water billing? How would you like a TWELVE percent increase? Because water staffers are suggesting it as an “alternative plan.” I suppose technically it’s an alternative, but it doesn’t have the feel of what an “alternative plan” is supposed to be; usually there’s a [...]

Just in time for Halloween, St. Joseph Media has driven the stake through the heart of Saturday Night magazine. Back in 2001, the mag was killed off by then owner CanWest Global but like the undead it takes more than pissed off owners to kill a magazine that’s been around since 1887. It was bought [...]