pman
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De mortuis nil nisi bonum.
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Toronto Media Landscape and Personalities
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AlvinofDiaspar
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Generally true, certainly sufficient cause in this case - but it's definitely not an absolute rule for everyone.
AoD
Admiral Beez
Superstar
She annoyed the intended groups and individuals, that's why she was popular. She said what so many of us hold true but are too cowed, polite or reluctant to say.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Yes, like this:
'It's always about the victim': Rehtaeh Parsons' parents respond to Christie Blatchford's column
Rehtaeh Parsons' father has responded to a Christie Blatchford column about the incident. "A little disappointed maybe," writes Glen Canning
nationalpost.com
And oh, the irony:
Christie Blatchford: Layton's death turns into a thoroughly public spectacle
By the accounts of those who knew him best and loved him most, if there was a truly private side of Jack Layton, it was but a sliver of the man who happily…
nationalpost.com
De mortuis nil nisi bonum, indeed. Having said that - these shortcomings by no means detract from her of being a person.
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AlbertC
Superstar
Canadas Rising Screen Stars: Seven talents making big moves
To celebrate National Canadian Film Day, were shining a spotlight the country's most exciting up-and-coming actors and filmmakers
nowtoronto.com
AlbertC
Superstar
CBC's Baroness von Sketch Show have announced that their upcoming season 5 this fall will be their final:
nowtoronto.com
Baroness von Sketch Show announces final season - NOW Magazine
The CBC comedy series will wrap up with season five this fall
nowtoronto.com
Jonny5
Senior Member
TorStar has been sold to two Toronto business partners through their holding company NordStar Capital.
WislaHD
Superstar
$52 million for the largest local news organization and all of its subsidiaries in Canada? Seems rather cheap.
Yesterday, Facebook bought an online GIF database (giphy) for $400 million dollars.
Internet memes are literally worth more than journalism.
Yesterday, Facebook bought an online GIF database (giphy) for $400 million dollars.
Internet memes are literally worth more than journalism.
Northern Light
Superstar
At .61c per share, the market cap is only 43M and change.
So nominally that's a premium of over 20%.
Its profit margin is listed as negative 25%.
To be frank, the business has been badly mismanaged.
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Atkinson had willed The Star to a charity on his passing; the government of the day passed a law to prohibit that, keeping it in private hands.
I don't know if that law is still on the books (if it is, it should be repealed); as I think that's the only future for The Star, at least as read-worthy publication.
Jonny5
Senior Member
Johnny Au
Senior Member
At least Torstar isn't sold to the Zuckercorp (and the Zuckercorp does what Big Brother dreams of doing).Well now we know why Star Touch failed. Not enough cat gifs.
SunriseChampion
Senior Member
Well, to be fair, Big Brother has Zuckercorp beat big time in China.
How's your social credit score? Mine's shit!
AlbertC
Superstar
Toronto Star’s parent company was just bought out – buyers are donors to Maxime Bernier and the Conservative Party, reports suggest
May 27, 2020
north99.org
May 27, 2020
Toronto Star’s parent company was just bought out – buyers are donors to Maxime Bernier and the Conservative Party, reports suggest
Torstar, the company that publishes the Toronto Star, has agreed to be sold to NordStar Capital. The announcement of the $52 million deal came on Tuesday. NordStar Capital is run by two Toronto businessmen, Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett, who plan on taking the media company private. While the...
north99.org
Jonny5
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Toronto Star’s parent company was just bought out – buyers are donors to Maxime Bernier and the Conservative Party, reports suggest
May 27, 2020
Toronto Star’s parent company was just bought out – buyers are donors to Maxime Bernier and the Conservative Party, reports suggest
Torstar, the company that publishes the Toronto Star, has agreed to be sold to NordStar Capital. The announcement of the $52 million deal came on Tuesday. NordStar Capital is run by two Toronto businessmen, Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett, who plan on taking the media company private. While the...
The donation to Maxime Bernier was at least while he was running to be the Conservative leader, before he went off the rails and donned his alt-right personae to try and be relevant.
Jonny5
Senior Member
A bizarre drama unfolded last night primarily involving involving TSN's Dan O'Toole who lives in Peterborough. He claimed on a public Instagram post his infant daughter had been abducted and the baby "is alive, we think. But we don't know."
His social media posts were varied and rambling, including attacking Toronto journalists who investigated what was happening. Questions as to why journalists got involved are obviously why no Amber Alert was issued when someone is publically saying their child was abducted by a totally unknown party. It turns out the baby was with the mother the entire time [which was all of about three hours]. This appears to be a custody dispute gone very sour very rapidly, possibly with some aggravating factors like mental health issues involved because infants don't just spontaneously get abducted from inside someones house, even during custody disputes, outside of made-for-TV movies.
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The Toronto Sun reported on this (of course!) and said Bell Media has no comment on the matter.
His social media posts were varied and rambling, including attacking Toronto journalists who investigated what was happening. Questions as to why journalists got involved are obviously why no Amber Alert was issued when someone is publically saying their child was abducted by a totally unknown party. It turns out the baby was with the mother the entire time [which was all of about three hours]. This appears to be a custody dispute gone very sour very rapidly, possibly with some aggravating factors like mental health issues involved because infants don't just spontaneously get abducted from inside someones house, even during custody disputes, outside of made-for-TV movies.
[tweets have since been deleted]
The Toronto Sun reported on this (of course!) and said Bell Media has no comment on the matter.
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