Within two weeks of CRTC announcing a new $61 million fund for small-market (under one million people) outlets to beef up local news programming, the three major television networks are already lobbying CRTC to cut costs by cutting budgets (i.e. staff) for local news broadcasts. Write the CRTC: don’t fall for this.
Globe and Mail, Nov. 24 2008
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The New York Times reports that a blogging service is offering free services, including tech support, to laid off US journalists (which, given the state of media in the States, is a very large group.) With thanks to Bob Langlois for spotting this.
New York Times, Nov. 23 2008
Filed under: Shrinking newsroom | Tagged: free blogs, layoffs | Leave a Comment »
Prime Minister Harper’s communications director, Kory Teneycke, sets out some guidelines for the conduct of off-the-record interviews by his office. This is fairly standard procedure in briefing reporters or providing background information, often done not by politicians but by bureaucrats who traditionally are faceless (but not voiceless) to the media.
davidakin, Nov. 21
Filed under: Federal Conservative media strategy | Tagged: off the record | Leave a Comment »
