Saturday, August 20, 2005
CBC lockout VIII: Notes of blog war correspondent
Management's first shot in the blog war
One of the most interesting blogs in this dispute comes from "Ouimet" who claims to be a manager inside the Toronto Broadcast Centre, who seems a little caught in the middle.
Today's very interesting development.
This morning the Guild announces the official plans for a news service. The information goes up on the Guild website and Todd Maffin's site. I saw the post just before 1100 eastern time and spent a few minutes on Google and writing before I posted my blog entry at 1115.
I noticed this only after I posted on my blog but 24 hours earlier, at 1109 on Friday the manager, Ouimet, on his/her Tea makers blog, announces suddenly that there will be CBC News soon and BBC feeds will be less apparent.
By Friday morning, the news that there would be a guild news site and newscast was out there in blogsphere. But the first major notice was when it first appeared on a big site, Podcasting News, at 1101 on Friday. Eight minutes later, Ouimet posts. Coincidence?
Another waste of taxpayers' money. We were told that managers were being trained for months before the lockout so they could produce something called CBC News. Nothing at all this week. Now with the pending Guild announcement, we have a response. Hmmmm
Antonia Zerbisia notes the blog war
In her Toronto Star blog, Antonia Zerbisia has noted the blog wars, calling it the Bloggerhood.
Interesting comment:
How about it folks?
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writing, journalism, CBC, blog, news
1:03 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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Management's first shot in the blog war
One of the most interesting blogs in this dispute comes from "Ouimet" who claims to be a manager inside the Toronto Broadcast Centre, who seems a little caught in the middle.
Today's very interesting development.
This morning the Guild announces the official plans for a news service. The information goes up on the Guild website and Todd Maffin's site. I saw the post just before 1100 eastern time and spent a few minutes on Google and writing before I posted my blog entry at 1115.
I noticed this only after I posted on my blog but 24 hours earlier, at 1109 on Friday the manager, Ouimet, on his/her Tea makers blog, announces suddenly that there will be CBC News soon and BBC feeds will be less apparent.
By Friday morning, the news that there would be a guild news site and newscast was out there in blogsphere. But the first major notice was when it first appeared on a big site, Podcasting News, at 1101 on Friday. Eight minutes later, Ouimet posts. Coincidence?
Another waste of taxpayers' money. We were told that managers were being trained for months before the lockout so they could produce something called CBC News. Nothing at all this week. Now with the pending Guild announcement, we have a response. Hmmmm
Antonia Zerbisia notes the blog war
In her Toronto Star blog, Antonia Zerbisia has noted the blog wars, calling it the Bloggerhood.
Interesting comment:
I only wish that some of these bloggers would speak directly to the audiences who miss their programs instead of (mostly) talking amongst and to themselves.
How about it folks?
Technorati tags
writing, journalism, CBC, blog, news
1:03 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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