Mediabeat stream 090827

8:52:26 AM: ‘NOW’ cover story on Toronto tech being ‘Stuck in version 1.0′: http://bit.ly/eDpdv + online sidebar: four good ideas: http://bit.ly/aPMwx

8:55:51 AM: ‘ROB Magazine’ profile of Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney with creepy portrait, and jab at his arcane academic ego: http://bit.ly/144sxr

8:57:14 AM: ‘KISS says media spoiled Oshawa surprise’ but Paul and Gene aren’t on the same page when it comes to explaining snub: http://bit.ly/KZPZx

8:58:47 AM: on deck today: timetables to implement Facebook fixes to keep third-party apps from snooping on Canadians and beyond: http://bit.ly/V8rCA

9:00:30 AM: Moses Znaimer curating exhibit at Propeller Centre; ‘The Last Taboo’ seeks to show off that Zoomers are still horny: http://bit.ly/1vJSeX

9:02:21 AM: YUL-Lab, new venture to make Montreal the advertising test-market capital of the world, baits L’Oreal as first client: http://bit.ly/3tDFxE

9:03:53 AM: MuchMusic commemorate 25th anniversary by making digital cable video spin-offs commercial (not sponsor, shurley) free: http://bit.ly/2fOLVB

9:05:53 AM: red carpet at the Bloor Cinema for premiere of ‘Degrassi Goes Hollywood’ and ‘celebrity blogger’ Zack Taylor was there: http://bit.ly/kOzDN

9:07:20 AM: ‘Recession leaves TIFF films up for grabs’ reports ‘Globe and Mail’; about 100 films waiting to strike deal during fest: http://bit.ly/Ol1F3

9:12:45 AM: ‘Flickr photo appears in Virgin Mobile’s brochures’; lifted image ‘cropped and re-coloured to look like an older photograph’: bit.ly/13SEaJ

9:14:43 AM: whenever CRIA head writes an op-ed, Michael Geist debunks it: ‘How Does Canada’s Digital Music Market Really Stack Up?’: http://bit.ly/5dneH

9:16:57 AM: CBC orders television pilot based on movie ‘Men with Brooms’, feminized for your protection: http://bit.ly/8E6bJ

9:17:56 AM: ‘SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING, DETROIT — Lazy Journalists Love Pictures of Abandoned Stuff’ via ‘Vice’: http://bit.ly/ko4eS

9:34:17 AM: ‘Vice’ co-founder Gavin McInnes reincarnated as ‘The Naturist’ to virally hawk Teva shoes: ‘Mr. Bean meets Survivorman’: http://bit.ly/EKRuQ

10:04:08 AM: ‘Facebook Announces Privacy Improvements in Response to Recommendations by Canadian Privacy Commissioner’: http://bit.ly/IH3VR

10:05:41 AM: this morning so far in Toronto-centric mediatweets on the @mediabeat stream: http://bit.ly/osj9w

2:02:57 PM: CFRB memo: ‘We Owe You and Explanation’: Paul & Carol Mott let go after 16 years, Michael Coren canned for third time: http://bit.ly/c5RvW