Radio / Television News

No more news silos for CBC


TORONTO - CBC News will reorganize its entire newsgathering process, the Corp said today – “with particular attention to strengthening its ability to deliver on a 24-hour, seven day multiplatform news cycle.” But it will have to do it with 70 fewer people and $7 million fewer dollars. The reorganization will be designed to strengthen local coverage while maintaining its “commitment to national and international coverage as Canada's leading news organization,” reads the press release. "Despite the financial challenges we face as the result of a drastic decline in advertising revenue and the continuing erosion in real dollars of our...