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August 27, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen: PM defends Tory track record on arts by David Akin and Juliet O'Neill
A Conservative talking-points memo states one arts program was axed because its grant recipients included "a general radical," "a left-wing and anti-globalization think-tank" and a rock band that uses an expletive as part of its name.

August 27, 2008 - Montreal Gazette: Arts programs feel pain of federal cuts by Elizabeth Thompson
The executive director of the Quebec Drama Federation says the majority of groups affected by funding cuts to culture are in Quebec.

August 27, 2008 - Globe & Mail: Harper defends cuts to federal arts programs by James Bradshaw
Prime Minister Harper says federal investment in culture for the 2007-08 fiscal year was $3.4-billion, up from $3.2-billion in 2006-07.

August 27, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen: Gemini awards take dramatic turn by Etan Vlessing
Nominations for Canada's TV awards put the spotlight on homegrown drama programs.

August 27, 2008 - Canada NewsWire: Canwest Announces Breakthrough Online Programming Line-Up
Canwest has announced it will provide online access to over 50 TV programs including U.S. shows such as Heroes, House and The Office.

August 26, 2008 - Canadian Press: Canadian Heritage provides list of $40 million in arts funding cuts
The list provided by Canadian Heritage does not include a separate Foreign Affairs program to assist the travels of artists abroad.

August 26, 2008 - Globe & Mail: Astral tests Virgin branding by Grant Robertson
Virgin Radio is entering the North American radio market through a deal with Astral Media that will see the Canadian company's top-40 station in Toronto fly the Virgin name.

August 26, 2008 - Vancouver Sun: Culture cuts leave Canada behind the pack in the race to store more information online by Michael Geist
Columnist says arts program cuts will leave Canadians without online access to their cultural and historical heritage and will do little to promote Canadian content to the rest of the world.

August 26, 2008 - CBC News: Protesters shut down Thai broadcaster, more than 50 arrested
Anti-government protesters armed with knives and guns stormed a state-owned television station in Thailand and briefly forced it off the air.

August 26, 2008 - Globe & Mail: Mired in mediocrity – and (apparently) loving it by John Doyle
Columnist says the Conservative government cuts to culture stems from media coverage of Bill C-10, which sought to deny funding to TV productions and movies it considered distasteful or offensive.

August 26, 2008 - Toronto Star: Conservatives are big fans of culture, arts by Jim Flaherty
Canada's Minister of Finance says the government cancelled arts programs that had either reached their objectives, had high administration costs, had poor performance, or did not give satisfactory results.

August 26, 2008 - Toronto Star: Olympics turn ratings to pure gold for CBC by Chris Zelkovich
CBC's TV viewership for the Beijing Olympics was 15 per cent higher than the 2004 Athens games but 3 per cent lower than the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

August 26, 2008 - National Post: Arts adds over $84-billion to economy: study by David Akin
A Conference Board of Canada report says the cultural sector employs more than a million Canadians and accounts for 7.4% of the country's gross domestic product.

August 25, 2008 - Canadian Library Association: Fair and Balanced Copyright for Canadians
The voice of Canadian library users and professionals has issued a Grassroots Advocacy Kit to mobilize supporters on concerns about proposed copyright legislation.

August 25, 2008 - Montreal Gazette: Why are the Tories going out of their way to annoy voters? by l. Ian Macdonald
Columnist says Conservative government cuts to culture could be a tactic to shore up their right-wing base going into a fall election.

August 25, 2008 - Globe & Mail: Arts cuts confront PM's wife in Cow Head by James Bradshaw and Oliver Moore
An encounter with Laureen Harper gave a small Newfoundland & Labrador based theatre company the chance to lobby against Ottawa's recent cuts to arts funding.

August 25, 2008 - Globe & Mail: And the gold goes to... the Canadian broadcaster by Kate Taylor
Columnist says CBC provided better Olympic coverage than its U.S. counterpart, NBC, and has set the bar high for Canada's new Olympic broadcaster, CTV.

August 24, 2008 - Globe & Mail: CBC bows out with gold-medal broadcasts by William Houston
Columnist calls CBC's coverage of the past seven Olympics "exceptional".

August 23, 2008 - The Independent: ITV boss condemns 'traffic wardens' who regulate television by Ian Burrell
The head of ITV television has accused the U.K. broadcast regulator of demanding programmes that are only of interest to "niche, marginal and worthy" audiences.

August 23, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen: CBC racks up $1.3M tab at training institute by Glen McGregor
Access to Information documents show The CBC spent $1.3 million sending employees on management training courses to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., over a three-year period.

August 23, 2008 - Globe & Mail: A False Choice
Editorial says adequate government financial support for both the arts and sports should be non-negotiable, and setting up a false choice between the two makes little sense.

August 23, 2008 - Globe & Mail: Websites attract Olympic junkies in record numbers by William Houston
Columnist says the lasting story of the Beijing Olympics is the technological advances made in media coverage and the enthusiasm with which the consumer has embraced that coverage.

August 22, 2008 - Variety: Dramas pump up cable's stable by John Dempsey
Nielsen ratings show that for the week ending August 3rd, eight cable TV shows finished in the top 11 most-watched programs.

August 22, 2008 - Hollywood Reporter: Olympic piracy predictions wrong
With free Olympics video in abundance on the Internet, viewers have had little incentive to seek out grainy pirated images.

August 22, 2008 - Literary Review of Canada: Fatal Attraction by Wade Rowland
An essay by a former CBC and CTV producer/executive about CBC's Richard Stursberg and his "romance with ratings."

August 22, 2008 - Statistics Canada: The Daily: Parent and child reports of children's activity
Report links childhood obesity with sedentary activities like watching television.

August 22, 2008 - Globe & Mail: Cable stocks worth a second look by David Berman
Market analyst says cable companies are winning the subscriber battle against telecom companies, making their stock compelling buys.

August 22, 2008 - Globe & Mail: Ottawa to shift arts funds to Olympic programs by James Bradshaw
Columnist says that $40-million in cuts to cultural programs will be redirected to athletics and a bilingualism plan.

August 22, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen: Radio 2 changes are for the better by Chris Boyce
The Toronto Program Director for CBC Radio says new Radio 2 programming will better fulfil CBC's mandate of representing the musical diversity of Canada.

August 22, 2008 - Calgary Herald: Group asks feds to block porn channel by Glen McGregor
A faith-based conservative family group wants the Harper government to intervene to block a broadcasting licence issued to a new Canadian porn channel.