Does not include about 25 retransmitters. So if you spot one, let me know. This is the kind of information that should be taught in a civics class. Thanks for compiling it. Notify me of new posts by email. Announced Aug. Certainly no groundswell of public outrage worthy of a viral moment. Sure, we don't have any " Terrorism Alert Desk " segments in Canada — though, admittedly, I am a bit behind on Rebel Media's latest YouTube efforts — but our country's own airwaves have long been dominated by a handful of major corporations at the expense of local coverage, and community print newsrooms have been consolidating left and right to similar effect.
Our media may not be reading off identical scripts quite yet, but we'd be fooling ourselves to think there isn't a problem. Over the past decade or two, ownership of Canadian media has dwindled to four major corporations — Bell, Rogers, Telus and Shaw — which now control 70 per cent of the country's mediascape. This includes a number of Canada's major print-media joints. A deal this year between Torstar and Postmedia resulted in the closure of 41 community papers in favour of concentrating on "primary regions".
Postmedia's purchase of community papers from Quebecor in — then an unprecedented consolidation of written media — resulted with the merging of newsrooms in four major cities. And we haven't seen the last of these moves, not by a long shot. The result? As Canadaland's Jonathan Goldsbie helpfully illustrates in his smart tweet, a Sinclair-style recycling of content across several Metro News editions, owned by Torstar:.
Now, Metro's was a relatively benign editorial about a growing newsroom cheers to that! Mix in a political agenda, though, and the stakes are much higher. CTV airs its main local news broadcast from 6 to 7 p. Global airs a half-hour of local news at 6 p. ET, p. It is hosted by Dawna Friesen b.
Lastly, the CBC airs local news from p. In recent years, the National has perhaps become best known for its At Issue Panel , which features commentary on current events from three Canadian political commentators, two of whom are usually Andrew Coyne b.
While there are a vast array of radio options in Canada, offering both music and talk, most broadcasters tend to be exceedingly local in scope, with a range limited to a single city and programming that reflects that. Most big Canadian cities will have several news-and-talk stations, as well as a variety of music stations for fans of every genre. Many talk radio stations similarly now offer much of their content in downloadable podcast form.
For 67 years, the Government of Canada used to maintain a shortwave news and information radio station known as Radio Canada International RCI , but it was officially shut down on October 31, , reflecting the dwindling influence of shortwave radio in the internet age.
It does nothing except endlessly broadcast the official Canadian time. It can be picked up on three frequencies: , , and kHz. Canada has a few news and commentary websites, but most deal exclusively with politics. The Canadian edition of the popular American online media chain, it contains some original political reporting, as well as original political commentary from a vast assortment of bloggers, most of whom are left-leaning.
The Tyee , National Observer , and VICE Canada are news sites of a similarly progressive bent, and do some independent political reporting and commentary as well. On the opposite end of the spectrum is the online news channel The Rebel , run by noted conservative provocateur Ezra Levant b. Let us know on Twitter. Let the debate begin! Instagram Twitter Facebook. Oct 15 TorStar When Toronto Star publisher Joseph Atkinson passed away in he attempted to leave the newspaper to his charitable organization, but the Ontario provincial government passed a special law prohibiting charities from operating profitable entities such as daily newspapers.
Woodbridge Company In addition to the Globe and Mail, the Woodbridge company, a holding company for the Thomson family, is the controlling shareholder of Thomson Reuters. Corus Entertainment Spun off from Shaw in , Corus Entertainment has holdings in radio, publishing, and television industries.
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