Fagstein
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Hi. My name's Steve Faguy. I'm a thirty-something geek freelance journalist who lives in Montreal. This blog is about my various thoughts.
Fagstein
3w ago
“I long for you. I radiate for you. You ping me.” Those are some of the loin-melting sentences spoken in a new Netflix drama that follows the building textual tension between Cogeco and a wireless service it says it is oh so tantalizingly close to deciding to launch. “Much like the Rogers story was the ..read more
Fagstein
3w ago
A consortium of services offering every TV channel in the universe for only $5 a month announced today they are upping the offer even more by creating original series, greenlighting two new dramas and a comedy series. “To stay competitive in this environment, we have to do more than offer every TV channel plus all ..read more
Fagstein
3w ago
Saying he has always been committed to public broadcasting, Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said Monday he is thrilled to have been appointed the new president of CBC/Radio-Canada for a five-year term. He succeeds Catherine Tait, whose term is ending. Péladeau said he has a big vision for the public broadcaster, including more cooperation with ..read more
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3w ago
In its quest to offer the best radio experience, CFQR 600 AM has proposed special programming of the April 8 total solar eclipse, with a live raw audio feed so its audience can listen to it from their homes or across the country. “This event happens only once in a lifetime, so we can’t miss ..read more
Fagstein
3w ago
Fans were shocked and outraged by this incident. Only a day after his retirement from CJAD 800, Ken Connors was arrested by authorities, charged with illegally revealing a secret cryptocurrency that has exploded in value making people insanely rich. “The government doesn’t want you to know how to make all this money,” Connors said as ..read more
Fagstein
3w ago
Did the Supreme Court of Canada ban the use of the word “woman” because it’s gotten too woke? Reading the coverage of a recent decision, you might be justified in thinking that’s the case. It’s not, of course. A simple reading of the decision would confirm that by any reasonable analysis. But even when presented ..read more
Fagstein
3w ago
People who tuned in to 106.7 in Hudson/St-Lazare this morning to listen to the Terry and Ted show were disappointed and possibly confused that the show wasn’t on today. Ted Bird confirmed to me today he is no longer employed by the station, and said it was the decision of owner Evanov Communications. The weekday ..read more
Fagstein
2M ago
If you’re a subscriber of Bell Media’s MTV2 channel, you may have already received a notice that the channel is being shut down at the end of March. The shutdown is not too surprising. It was on my list of endangered channels along with ESPN Classic and Yoopa, which have seen dramatic declines in subscribers ..read more
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2M ago
Two weeks after BCE announced it was abolishing 4,800 jobs, we’re starting to learn how those losses are trickling down to the local level. In Montreal, CTV News was hit hard. The station’s website confirms weather presenter Lise McAuley, assignment editor Derek Conlon and production assistant and movie reviewer Mosé Persico no longer work for ..read more
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3M ago
For those of you who miss the good ol’ days of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is the old host is coming back. Stewart will host the show Mondays during this presidential election cycle, starting Feb. 12, and be an executive producer. The bad news ..read more