Mavridis wrote:

Oh my god, you guys are ridiculous.   First, Lisa LaFlamme doesn’t need a job; she made more than all of you combined.  And what’s the benefit for Global, City or CBC to hire her?   Have you seen what they’re billing for a :30 spot during a newscast these days?  How will they make their money back? Lisa was part of a package deal no one at Bell wanted.  And as soon as Wendy Freeman was gone, Lisa was vulnerable.   Also, just because the marketing says ‘Canada’s Number 1 Newscast’ doesn’t mean it was a ratings smash.  CTV National been bleeding viewers for a decade.  If any of y’all happen to know any managers at Bell/CTV, ask about the ‘Radius’ audience research report they did in the winter/spring (EVERYONE there has seen it).   It’s become increasingly difficult to attract new viewers to that newscast and keep the ones they’ve got - and there was one main reason why.   Lisa had a good run.  She did solid work.  Getting fired sucks.  But 8 months from now, someone will stop her on the street and tell her that they watch her every night.   Most people just don’t care about the news business the way folks here do.

I agree nightly newscasts will be gone in a few years. 

...........and never to be heard from again

Bring back Jim Richards!!
Bring back Jim Richards!!

The US has killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike in Afghanistan. Nothing on CBC or CTV news. Just reroll. 

https://www.cp24.com/news/blue-jays-to-unveil-plans-for-overhaul-of-rogers-centre-1.6005594

Jim Richards back after Labour Day??

Was =12pxCarlaiacovo. on the air today?

betaylored wrote:

cash wrote:

TSN broke the story re: the 2003 World Junior hockey team and sexual assault allegations. One of the members of that team was Carlo Carlaiacovo. The last time I checked he was a TSN employee. I'm not saying he had anything to do with it but it will make for some uncomfortable on air discussions. 

https://www.tsn.ca/sexual-assault-allegations-2003-world-juniors-team-1.1828253

https://www.quanthockey.com/wjc-u20/en/teams/team-canada-players-2003-wjc-u20-stats.html

Here's Carlo's statement.
https://twitter.com/CarloColaiacovo/status/1550586672869425152?t=8T5aWD0wzak3btwUIcW2cg&s=19

He's getting a lot of blowback with that statement. I don't think any lawyer would let him go on the radio at this point. 

Rogers replaces chief technology officer

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-rogers-taps-telecom-veteran-as-new-chief-technology-officer-after/

Ten more songs they could play:

night owl - gerry rafferty
dear mr fantasy - traffic
till it shines - bob seger
south city midnight lady - the doobie brothers
my old school - steely dan 
seems like a long time - rod stewart
scarlet begonias - grateful dead
changes - phil ochs 
changes - black sabbath l
looking forward - csny

 

Never heard of him. 

it's back. let's hope it stays that way. 

Bell will be busy on Monday

https://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/forums/recentpostspage/post-type/message/category-id/Forums/page/1

it's not performing the same before the outage. some apps are not working and others life prime video are slow. others just won't connect. the wireless connection says excellent and the internet download speed is 46 mbps which should be enough for streaming. it was fine on thursday. 

thanks  rogers. 

how much news does the cbc need?

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-how-much-cbc-news-does-the-world-need-is-there-a-case-for-more/