Radio / Television News

ZeD dead

TORONTO – The innovative, quirky, little-watched, ZeD TV has been cancelled. The late night show's current season will be its last, CBC management told staffers late last week. Six jobs will be cut. "This is another blow to the concept of public television," said Lise Lareau, national president of the CMG, in a release. "In its quest for high ratings and commercial success, CBC management is abandoning the things that make public television special, like its ability to take risks, chart new courses for TV and other media, and reach audiences who are not well served on the rest of...