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April 08, 2008 Hot Trends
A Viewer Speaks
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:05:29 PDT
WE GET A good group of commenters here in Sticksville. Lately, we've been hearing quite a bit from a young woman from the Prairies, who has an openminded attitude toward Canadian shows, and an engaged and passionate way of defending them. On the subject of all the changes going on at the CBC, I think she's expressed the necessary corrective point of view better than Richard Stursberg, Kirstine Leyfield, or anybody else at the public broadcaster has managed to do. So I'm bumping her comment here
CBC to cut Calgary Newsworld unit, hire more Alberta reporters (CBC Edmonton)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:54:39 PDT
CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, the public broadcaster said Thursday.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell accused of assaulting cop: report (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:29:00 PDT
British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been arrested at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 and charged in connection with an assault on a police officer, according British media reports.
CBC to boost newsgathering in Alberta, but drops Calgary Newsworld programming
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:39:49 PDT
The CBC will dramatically increase resources devoted to covering local and national news in Alberta generally and Calgary and Edmonton in particular. Saying it’s moving to fulfill a commitment to local newsgathering announced nationally last year, CBC News will be doubling the number of newsgathering resources in Alberta by adding approximately 25 new assignments for television journalists based in Calgary and Edmonton to focus on local and national stories originating in Alberta. At the same
CBC to close Calgary unit of Newsworld (Toronto Star)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:44:49 PDT
CALGARY–CBC News will close the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced Thursday that the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.
B-boy dancer Frosty Freeze dies at 44 (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:29:06 PDT
Wayne Frost, a hip-hop pioneer known as Frosty Freeze, who contributed his acrobatic performance in the 1983 movie Flashdance, died Thursday. He was 44.
Zimbabwe's opposition offices raided, foreign reporters detained (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:58:00 PDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists Thursday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.
Abe Lincoln's 'heartfelt' letter sells for record $3.4M (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:14:07 PDT
A "heartfelt" letter from Abraham Lincoln replying to a request for him to "free all the little slave children in the country" has sold for $3.4 million, Sotheby's said Thursday.
CBC cuts Calgary Newsworld but adds Alberta jobs (Calgary Sun)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:38:04 PDT
CBC News is closing the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced yesterday the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.
Mugabe has 'unleashed a war' (Kitchener/Waterloo Record)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:47:38 PDT
HARARE, ZIMBABWE (Apr 4, 2008) -- Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists yesterday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.
Court denies royalties to former Procol Harum organist (CBC)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:29:00 PDT
A British court has ruled in favour of Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker in a royalties dispute over the band's late '60s hit, A Whiter Shade of Pale.
Guerrilla veterans march in Zimbabwe in new sign of possible Mugabe clampdown (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:05:00 PDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Hundreds of veterans of Zimbabwe's guerrilla war for black rule marched through the capital today in another ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to violence to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.
McCain Seen as Best Commander-in-Chief, Everett Group Defense ... - PR Newswire (press release)
A Silver Lining: Domestic furniture manufacturers think that ... - Winston-Salem Journal
New Index Reveals Surprising Ad Pricing Trends - ClickZ News
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:05:29 PDT
WE GET A good group of commenters here in Sticksville. Lately, we've been hearing quite a bit from a young woman from the Prairies, who has an openminded attitude toward Canadian shows, and an engaged and passionate way of defending them. On the subject of all the changes going on at the CBC, I think she's expressed the necessary corrective point of view better than Richard Stursberg, Kirstine Leyfield, or anybody else at the public broadcaster has managed to do. So I'm bumping her comment here
CBC to cut Calgary Newsworld unit, hire more Alberta reporters (CBC Edmonton)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:54:39 PDT
CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, the public broadcaster said Thursday.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell accused of assaulting cop: report (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:29:00 PDT
British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been arrested at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 and charged in connection with an assault on a police officer, according British media reports.
CBC to boost newsgathering in Alberta, but drops Calgary Newsworld programming
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:39:49 PDT
The CBC will dramatically increase resources devoted to covering local and national news in Alberta generally and Calgary and Edmonton in particular. Saying it’s moving to fulfill a commitment to local newsgathering announced nationally last year, CBC News will be doubling the number of newsgathering resources in Alberta by adding approximately 25 new assignments for television journalists based in Calgary and Edmonton to focus on local and national stories originating in Alberta. At the same
CBC to close Calgary unit of Newsworld (Toronto Star)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:44:49 PDT
CALGARY–CBC News will close the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced Thursday that the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.
B-boy dancer Frosty Freeze dies at 44 (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:29:06 PDT
Wayne Frost, a hip-hop pioneer known as Frosty Freeze, who contributed his acrobatic performance in the 1983 movie Flashdance, died Thursday. He was 44.
Zimbabwe's opposition offices raided, foreign reporters detained (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:58:00 PDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists Thursday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.
Abe Lincoln's 'heartfelt' letter sells for record $3.4M (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:14:07 PDT
A "heartfelt" letter from Abraham Lincoln replying to a request for him to "free all the little slave children in the country" has sold for $3.4 million, Sotheby's said Thursday.
CBC cuts Calgary Newsworld but adds Alberta jobs (Calgary Sun)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:38:04 PDT
CBC News is closing the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced yesterday the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.
Mugabe has 'unleashed a war' (Kitchener/Waterloo Record)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:47:38 PDT
HARARE, ZIMBABWE (Apr 4, 2008) -- Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists yesterday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.
Court denies royalties to former Procol Harum organist (CBC)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:29:00 PDT
A British court has ruled in favour of Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker in a royalties dispute over the band's late '60s hit, A Whiter Shade of Pale.
Guerrilla veterans march in Zimbabwe in new sign of possible Mugabe clampdown (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:05:00 PDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Hundreds of veterans of Zimbabwe's guerrilla war for black rule marched through the capital today in another ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to violence to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.
McCain Seen as Best Commander-in-Chief, Everett Group Defense ... - PR Newswire (press release)
 Sioux City Journal | McCain Seen as Best Commander-in-Chief, Everett Group Defense ... PR Newswire (press release), NY - 14 hours ago In its most recent Defense Trends(TM) study of 1211 randomly-selected adults nationwide, The Everett Group found that 51 percent of Americans say McCain ... Obama Gains in New Polls Wall Street Journal Blogs all 842 news articles |
A Silver Lining: Domestic furniture manufacturers think that ... - Winston-Salem Journal
 News 14 Carolina | A Silver Lining: Domestic furniture manufacturers think that ... Winston-Salem Journal, NC - 1 hour ago By Richard Craver Pitching optimism in a pessimistic economy was a tough sell for exhibitors and retailers yesterday at the spring High Point Market. ... Market moves to inspire craftsmen News 14 Carolina all 7 news articles |
New Index Reveals Surprising Ad Pricing Trends - ClickZ News
New Index Reveals Surprising Ad Pricing Trends ClickZ News, NY - 43 minutes ago By Fred Aun, The ClickZ Network, Apr 8, 2008 Publishers of small Web sites earn almost three times the money per ad than the largest sites, ... |
