Mediabeat stream 090902

8:30:48 AM: how to make newly supersized CBC local teevee news worth producing, let alone worth watching: http://bit.ly/w47qf

8:32:42 AM: oh, the humanity: Canadian National Exhibition people-watching set on Flickr: http://bit.ly/M0iN9

8:35:13 AM: Michael Ignatieff sketched for ‘The New Yorker’: http://bit.ly/xxnlq too much snootiness, complains columnist: http://bit.ly/PO9FJ

8:35:51 AM: pre-TIFF Jeffrey Wells on ‘Toronto Wifi Jail’: http://bit.ly/2uxCVA and bit of follow-up accommodation: http://bit.ly/vQnF

8:36:48 AM: MuchMusic 25 rant-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat from former Znaimer-ite Denis McGrath: http://bit.ly/75JMj

8:37:11 AM: kinda like how ‘TV Guide’ got sold for $1; ‘Reader’s Digest Canada Announces Advertising Revenues Up 1%’: http://bit.ly/AZqPj

8:37:31 AM: excruciatingly detailed story on MSN v. Sympatico lowbrow content strategies: ‘Consumers can’t grasp what a portal is’: http://bit.ly/34ZO2

8:38:04 AM: Vancouver citizen journalism ennui machine NowPublic.com cashes in, and now what: http://bit.ly/47PZr

8:38:22 AM: Cash4Gold looking for ideal D-list Canadian pitchpersons: http://bit.ly/2PqTQo & they’re suing The Consumerist blog: http://bit.ly/101HdN

8:38:43 AM: Mitch Joel tries getting press for future-of-media book; is told by some media that any coverage is going to cost him: http://bit.ly/kaftD

8:41:40 AM: Bud v. Brick: ‘Lime beers brew legal squabble’: http://bit.ly/j3PxS this a.m. Moosehead capitalize on the conversation: http://bit.ly/4uEf18

8:43:02 AM: a Canadian take on ‘Gossip Girl’: ECW Press book ‘Spotted’ by Chrissy Calhoun, launching with watch party September 14: http://bit.ly/hF7cH

8:44:19 AM: Michael Bryant armchair psychology exam by ‘Toronto Star’s Jennifer Wells: http://bit.ly/3GKFia sensationalist sidebar: http://bit.ly/RsnQB

8:45:47 AM: ‘Star’ cover story: ‘Inside Tori’s LOVELESS MARRIAGE!’: ‘Dean’s in it for money and fame’ — you think? http://bit.ly/4tUrfQ

8:46:34 AM: RT @tineaux My photos from Bloor Street Memorial for Darcy Allan Sheppard plus Bike Messenger protest: http://is.gd/2LY3y

8:50:45 AM: ‘The challenge of following Paradise Falls’: CanCon soap took 5 year break from season 2 to 3 (and 3 years from 1 to 2): http://bit.ly/ckBj9

10:23:48 AM: ‘Group that represents Canadian songwriters suing company that operates XM Radio’: http://bit.ly/KfiQN

12:33:16 PM: ‘Michael Bryant Volunteers Resignation as CEO of Invest Toronto’ http://bit.ly/32bsms

12:51:38 PM: this morning so far in Toronto-centric mediatweets on the @mediabeat stream: http://bit.ly/1hrVOv new paradigm debuts in a week: 09.09.09