Mediabeat stream 090824

8:31:16 AM: Canpages on prowl to build post-print phone book; acquire Toronto-based recommendation engine GigPark: http://bit.ly/BhUv

8:42:19 AM: new blogger for ‘The Daily Telegraph’: Rachel Marsden: http://bit.ly/2WQm53

8:44:05 AM: ‘Globe and Mail’ compete with at least 10 (and counting) Twitter feeds with launch of Toronto Film Fest blog: http://bit.ly/2zhmx

8:44:30 AM: ‘Batshit-crazy newspaper ad about newspapers and ads’: http://bit.ly/f0v66

8:44:55 AM: Ted Woloshyn uses ‘Toronto Sun’ column to point out that he was fired from radio job, didn’t retire as per PR: http://bit.ly/dDqkp

8:45:15 AM: David Olive re-purposes MSM blog rah-rah for ‘Toronto Star’; no mention of the Twitter twack, or newspaper site fails: http://bit.ly/14KzwU

8:45:37 AM: ‘Marketing’ mag item: ‘Eye Weekly launches Basterd-ized issue’: http://bit.ly/36b6Q8

8:45:57 AM: anti-Canwest positioning pays off for Vancouver indie journalism site The Tyee, profiled in Saturday ‘Globe and Mail’: http://bit.ly/f35GC

8:47:34 AM: acid-washed-out Toronto-boosting performance artist Diamond Rings gets Pitchfork approval for purple-marbled vinyl 45: http://bit.ly/1O4qT

8:49:19 AM: RT @mediaite Was Ryan Jenkins really a “star”? Murder-Suicide causes media confusion - http://www.mediaite.com/attyj

9:08:56 AM: ‘Timothy’s Original Donut Blend(TM) - The Return of Classic Donut Shop Coffee!’: http://bit.ly/CJC79

9:43:50 AM: ‘NY Times’ David Carr glances confusingly at Tyler Brûlé blurring ads and editorial: ‘Monocle: A Magazine, an Attitude’: http://bit.ly/r4v95

11:27:54 AM: ‘Canadian publishers hit by high Indigo returns’: http://bit.ly/1Rllw (via @globebooks)

11:39:35 AM: roundup of this morning’s and weekend’s Toronto-centric mediatweets on the @mediabeat stream: http://bit.ly/mT6ic