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COMMENTARY: Is Rael right? Or is Asper accurate?


IN THE SPACE OF a few days last week, I had the chance to listen to a pair of conventional broadcasters expound on the future of their industry and what they must do to adapt. From what I heard, the points of view of the two men were pretty dissimilar and boiled down to two questions: 1. Do we try some new things? Or, 2. Do we keep plugging away at more of the same? The first was outgoing Rogers Broadcasting president Rael Merson, the subject of this week’s Tuesday Interview. The future of broadcasting, he said, is more risk....