The Complaint Around the time of the introduction of Canada’s first ‘mega budget’ (or ‘omnibus’, as the Conservatives like to call it), many people around the country were busy attacking the CBC because they receive public funds. The basic view from this side is that many folks want to shut down public broadcasting because it…
Bell to Become Canada’s Largest Media Conglomerate It was announced Friday that Bell Canada, Canada’s largest media conglomerate, would purchase Astral Media Inc. for nearly $3.4 Billion. Wow. There are so many thoughts swirling about this story, it’s hard to focus on which element is most important, but I’ll take a stab at it. Fail: …
Broadcast is dead. What’s an advertiser to do?
In the age of austerity, the Canadian government will likely decrease funding for the CBC. What we need as a result is a publicly funded broadcaster to take its place. Thought we already had one? Read more to find out what’s wrong with ‘public’ broadcasting and how we can demand better access to news and information.
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YaCy – a new alternative to Google based on Peer-2-peer results.