tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post6148249922062812864..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: MediaWatch : The Vancouver Sun and the Fraser InstituteAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-34885674852813365992009-10-04T00:12:51.332-07:002009-10-04T00:12:51.332-07:00Two new Holy Shit! media shake-downs :
CBC and Na...Two new Holy Shit! media shake-downs : <br /><a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/01/c2936.html" rel="nofollow">CBC and National Post announce content sharing agreement</a><br />Effective immediately the Natty Post will run CBC's sports coverage and the CBC will run daily financial stories from the Financial Post. <br />So now the publicly funded CBC will move further right to run corpse news, and the Natty Post will be partly funded by tax dollars.<br /><br />and <br /><br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/godfrey-wins-backers-for-buyout-of-canwest-papers/article1308908/" rel="nofollow">Buyout of CanWest papers</a> <br />Natty Post CEO mounting a management take-over of the CanWest papers : <br />"CanWest's newspapers are expected to formally go up for sale in the coming weeks, as the Winnipeg-based company announces a restructuring that will see creditors who are owed $2.5-billion swap their debt for equity."<br /><br />Who will own what we think now?<br /><br />WV : xesserp<br />"Excess excerpt"Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-32076273044592896232009-10-03T10:08:52.165-07:002009-10-03T10:08:52.165-07:00Hummm ... Canwest .... the owner says: "....A...Hummm ... Canwest .... the owner says: "....And if people don’t like it, they can go to hell. They can leave, get another job."<br /><br />Is this the same Canwest that: "CTV, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Canwest Global Communications Corp. on Monday said they launched a national grassroots campaign, "Local TV Matters," to secure subscriber fees from cable and satellite TV operators.<br /><br />The move comes after a pull-back in consumer spending led a steep dive in TV ad revenue, the lifeblood of Canadian broadcasters, and in turn asset writedowns and cost cutting."<br /><br />GEEZE - what does he want - when they go to hell - he still complains.croghan27https://www.blogger.com/profile/09377054324499227449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-87197501389248329062009-09-30T23:20:41.450-07:002009-09-30T23:20:41.450-07:00And here's why, CanNurse
Financial Post, Janu...And here's why, CanNurse<br /><br /><a href="http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1177592" rel="nofollow">Financial Post, January 14, 2009</a><br /><br />"Executives from Canwest Global Communications Corp. said Wednesday that for the first time in its 10-year history the National Post newspaper turned an operating profit.<br /><br />Leonard Asper, Canwest chief executive, described the profit recorded over the three months ended Nov. 30 as "modest."<br /><br />Not a real paper.<br /><br />IanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-34223736094684843842009-09-30T20:33:52.554-07:002009-09-30T20:33:52.554-07:00CanWest & the Aspers seem to save their own sp...CanWest & the Aspers seem to save their own special brand of right-wing craziness especially for the National Post. Maybe it's their pet - hoping to unseat the Globe & Mail. Just read some of their "Full Comment" columns sometime, if you haven't done so. (Caution: Do not read on a full stomach!)CanNursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07333091091775203831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-74136946972153576512009-09-30T13:20:07.838-07:002009-09-30T13:20:07.838-07:00And if people don’t like it, they can go to hell.
...<i>And if people don’t like it, they can go to hell.</i><br /><br />Or, they can cancel their subscription which I did over a year ago. I also refuse to use them as a source for anything remotely newsworthy.<br /><br />It might not affect their bottom line at all, but it sure as hell makes me feel better . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.com