TORONTO – Canwest has announced it will contribute $700,000 to Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) in support of their mentorship program.
The donation of $100,000 each year for the…
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WINNIPEG – Canwest Global Communications recorded a net loss of $1.04 billion for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2008, which was primarily due to a non-cash $1.01 billion…
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TORONTO – Canwest Global CEO Leonard Asper said today that the changes in the media world and the slumping overall economy means that his company has only just begun…
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet will stream a UFC event on their website tonight for the first time.
Beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m.PT, Sportsnet will stream the weigh in…
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TORONTO – ACTRA and the Joint Producers (the Association of Canadian Advertisers and Institute of Communication Agencies) have reached a tentative settlement on local and regional television and radio…
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TORONTO – Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has a message for the Conservative party convention taking place in Winnipeg today: don’t cut funds to the CBC.
The broadcast watchdog group has…
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OTTAWA – Radio host Louis Champagne’s “disparaging” comments about homosexuals contravene the Human Rights Clause of the CAB’s Code of Ethics, the CBSC ruled this week.
The remarks occurred…
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OTTAWA – CanWest should divest itself of some of its media holdings rather than its employees, said Canada’s largest media union today.
"CanWest is a company too heavily burdened…
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TORONTO – After reading the internal memo sent to the employees of Canwest’s broadcasting division on Wednesday – which explained the job cuts – a few times, one thing…
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TORONTO – Radio and TV broadcasters in Toronto need to dig into digital – in a hurry – because we’re falling behind the rest of the world, CRTC vice-chair,…
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