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The anonymous "Campaign Confidential" election columnist featured on CBC’s The National and on its web site has been revealed: Rick Anderson.
Wow. The suspense was killing me.
Who the hell is Rick Anderson? "A former campaign director for the Reform
                          Party."
How many of the anonymous columns did I watch? […]

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In a "he-said, she-said" debate, CBC’s blog report accused some Canadian foreign blogs of violating the Elections Act by announcing election results while polls were still open, while bloggers accused the CBC of doing just that on its international service.

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  Tod Maffin Podcasters Meetup Regina 2006    Originally uploaded by Mutually Inclusive.
I guess there isn’t a burgeoning community of podcasters in Regina, or they didn’t see the promos. Either way, a small group of us got together Tuesday night with technology journalist, futurist and podcaster/blogger Tod Maffin to throw some […]

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Latest Update: CBC reveals the identify of its mystery columnist January 25.
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CBC continues to act as if their use of an anoymous election commentator is edgy.
Nope. It’s just annoying. So media columnist Antonia Zerbisias and the Hacks and Wonks blog have ponied up $50 and $20 respectively for the first person to reveal the identity […]

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Canadian bloggers are covering the election campaign from their various partisan and non-partisan perspectives. (New links added as I find them.)
Mainstream MediaCBC - John Bowman covers election bloggingGlobe and Mail - Dan Cook blogs on election coverage and Overheard on the TrailCTV - Numerous CTV bloggers contributeCanwest - (hint to Canwest: learn how to aggregate […]

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Futurist, blogger and podcaster Tod Maffin has been at the forefront of many geek trends, but I never realized what a pioneer he truly was. Close examination of a photo on Maffin’s I Love Radio blog proves that he was with radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi on the historic day of the first transatlantic radio transmission.
See […]

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Tod Maffin writes that CBC’s foray into satellite radio programming will include a beefed up Radio  3, with an emphasis on Canadian musicians, starting in early December.
As for the web side of things:
"A comprehensive
new website will bring together Radio 3’s existing web properties
(including newmusiccanada.com, rootsmusiccanada.com, and justconcerts.com),
and will feature a CBC Radio 3 blog, as […]

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I used to really enjoy days on CBC’s national morning show This Morning when Dick Gordon was the guest host.He managed to bring civility to the role of asking questions that people don’t necessarily want to be asked.
I knew he had joined National Public Radio and was doing a national show, but sort of lost […]

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Update:  O’Reilly on Advertising has finished its run on CBC Radio. No word on future episodes or reruns, but look to the summer schedule for possible rebroadcasts.
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Terry O’Reilly continues his excellent commentary on the advertising scene, Saturday mornings at 11:30 on CBC Radio One (don’t believe the show listings on CBC’s site that say it’s […]

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I’m not sure where Tod Maffin gets his energy from, but he’s planning a cross-Canada tour and will be meeting with podcasters in a bunch of Canadian cities. Even though I’m not a podcaster, I plan to crash the evening when he comes to Regina. Other cities he’s visiting are St. John’s, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, […]

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After a blog posting by Toronto Star media columnist Antonia Zerbisias suggested CBC is dumping most of its most experienced foreign correspondents for newbies, top news guy Tony Burman responded with a blistering e-mail that announced the planned formation of a World Affairs Unit.
Since most of the public affairs people at CBC are still locked […]

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