Mediabeat stream 090826

8:49:02 AM: miscommunication cleared, Oshawa to get the KISS concert they won: http://bit.ly/12qWr2 but was KISS Cdn flag ‘treason’? http://bit.ly/fXGHT

8:50:36 AM: poster and photos from Drew Barrymore-produced roller derby film ‘Whip It’, starring Ellen Page, premiering at TIFF: http://bit.ly/18AbCx

8:52:03 AM: ‘The Geminis are beyond weird’ says John Doyle, wondering why his fave ‘Corner Gas’ was snubbed, admitting no one cares: http://bit.ly/yv2gr

8:54:33 AM: son of Robert Lantos & Jennifer Dale gets ‘Star’ ink for being son of Robert Lantos & Jennfer Dale; and producing movie: http://bit.ly/JLvGo

8:56:31 AM: ‘Marketing’ piece on makeover of DailyXY.com; laddish website shifts from city focus to ‘opinion pieces’ and ‘curation’: http://bit.ly/JMNDn

8:56:57 AM: Microsoft change black face to white for Poland: http://bit.ly/l7cYG but the City of Toronto did the opposite first: http://bit.ly/2Bm27

8:58:23 AM: as Eugene Levy plays Max Yasgur in ‘Taking Woodstock’, son Dan plays an impresario role in — ’Degrassi Goes Hollywood’: http://bit.ly/3BGiQs

8:58:49 AM: DigitalJournal, seeking buzz via ‘Future of Media’ panel in Toronto, pays all contributors: er, <$73K total in 34 mos: http://bit.ly/2FwnP1

8:59:30 AM: too-long Canadian Press article on 12-24 demo MuchMusic tuning out their own 25th anniversary next week: http://bit.ly/CuhQf

8:59:50 AM: evidence of Canwest cheaping out of teevee biz: ‘Glee’ & ‘Melrose Place’ are their marquee PR offerings: http://bit.ly/1kFlby

9:00:05 AM: new CTV ownership of CP24 probably means press-releases-a-go-go every time a disaster boosts ratings: http://bit.ly/BwAVn

9:37:53 AM: shooting in Toronto soon: pilot for USA Network CIA trainee show ‘Covert Affairs’, starring Piper ‘Coyote Ugly’ Perabo: http://bit.ly/8Yc93

9:40:10 AM: new in town via Vancouver: http://politwitter.ca/ (what’s with that horrid logo?) launch press release: http://bit.ly/FnPFm

10:29:24 AM: landing on MaRS: ‘Israeli scientist takes charge at innovation centre’: http://bit.ly/EBqlR

10:35:08 AM: TIFF’s next normal revealed as indulgence scaled back: ”Inconvenient Truth’ producer brings next project to Toronto’: http://bit.ly/14QZY

11:33:49 AM: CRTC fining Do Not Call list violators: $10K via roofers and waterproofers and $4K via diet junk-faxer named Rob Sugar: http://bit.ly/43Ik4M

1:01:09 PM: ‘Facebook media conference call following press conference by the Canadian Privacy Commissioner’: http://bit.ly/db8OT

1:03:11 PM: ‘Bold Face Names’, the novel by @shinangovani, published this week and formally launched chez TIFF: http://bit.ly/12mcG1

1:03:53 PM: how to get a popular Flickr pic, apparently; just title it ‘Strombo smushing me’: http://bit.ly/GHO2v

1:07:55 PM: Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association lineup Wordstock 2009: ‘Journalism tools in the new universe’; same ol’, with BBQ: http://bit.ly/guonh