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Diversity of voices proceeding begins today – and Cartt.ca is there

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Not to be confused with diversity in terms of getting more visible minorities on the air, next week’s diversity of voices will be about getting more voices, period, on the air. The hearing beginning next Monday should be an interesting one, because it will likely hinge on the number of media outlets now available (hundreds or innumerable, if you count the web) versus the number of Canadian media owners (not so innumerable). “There are more services available to more Canadians than there were 10 years ago,” Canadian Association of Broadcasters president and CEO Glenn O’Farrell told Cartt.ca this...