Mediabeat stream 090825

8:33:12 AM: Virgin Radio Toronto commemorate first anniversary by moving one DJ from evenings to midday afternoons: Ryan Seacrest: http://bit.ly/12D4MY

8:35:20 AM: Toronto’s winning 175th birthday mullet anthem might as well have been from the 150th; ‘NOW’ contemplates the corniness: http://bit.ly/oQigM

8:38:24 AM: Canadian mags in 25th anniv ‘Utne Reader’: Pecha Kucha via ‘This’: http://bit.ly/8TVGu ‘Chop Chop Square’ via ‘Walrus’: http://bit.ly/4rUPhr

8:40:15 AM: old-timey print goodwill for CBC Television docs on Canadian music of the ’70s & ’80s, airing for next four Thursdays: http://bit.ly/1tFwEK

8:43:53 AM: snooping around studios of resuscitated local Global station with Montreal media blogger (& Canwest employee) Fagstein: http://bit.ly/wGkUu

8:56:42 AM: the ‘Toronto Star’ vs. bloggers, or something: ‘What if they threw a war and nobody came?’ @matttbastard asks: http://bit.ly/morEB

8:58:27 AM: ‘Toronto Star’s David Olive still arguing with himself over the meaning of blogs; must be dog days of summer talking: http://bit.ly/2Z319v

8:58:43 AM: the ‘Chocolate Capital of Ontario’ is seeing the Hershey factory dismantled: http://bit.ly/qZ3gB grim auction gallery: http://bit.ly/xkFtX

8:59:27 AM: rustbelt Oshawa snubbed on KISS tour despite winning contest as town most eager to see them — venue seen as too small: http://bit.ly/6U2Un

9:00:27 AM: Vijaya wants to be the next MuchMusic VJ! watch her YouTube audition: http://bit.ly/hbY6S

10:26:05 AM: this morning in Toronto-centric mediatweets on the @mediabeat stream: http://bit.ly/pjx7v

11:03:54 AM: ‘The 24th Annual Gemini Awards Nominations Announced’: http://bit.ly/U91ZA

11:27:35 AM: RT @JesseBrown Is Facebook Illegal? Is Canada going to end up with a neutered “safe” version of FB? Search Engine: http://bit.ly/15aVby

12:02:30 PM: Statistics Canada release figures on private radio broadcasting 2008: profits before interest and taxes increased 12.2%: http://bit.ly/Uh5FP