by Rob Cottingham | Jan 25, 2006 | Media Mix, Politics
With thanks to Crawl Across the Ocean: McGill’s whimsically-named Observatory on Media and Public Policy has released its final reports on how Canada’s major dailies covered the 2006 election campaign. A few interesting points: The only leader and party to... by Rob Cottingham | Dec 5, 2005 | Blogging, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics, Technology
Samuel Goldwyn once famously answered criticism that his company’s films lacked artistic merit with a biting, “Pictures are for entertainment. Messages should be delivered by Western Union.” That’s more or less where J. Kelly Nestruck stands,... by Rob Cottingham | Dec 1, 2005 | Media Mix
Roland Tanglao wants to know why Vancouver’s best-known media aren’t offering newsfeeds and blogs. What’s more, he’s offering them a pretty valuable freebie: If RSS, blogs and mashups are good enough for the Washington Post and the New York... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 28, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Media Mix
I came into work this morning to learn that our faces had been plastered all over last night’s broadcast of Survivor, as Global promotes tonight’s 5:30 newscast and their featured story, “Will the VCR get the heave-ho in favour of TiVo?”... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 27, 2005 | Media Mix
Can we please go, say, six months without news promos pimping some story as “a parent’s worst nightmare”? Thank you.