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I wasn’t going to post anything about Walter Cronkite as I don’t have any really interesting oversight – but I’ve ironically found some of the “official” reportage shallow. Instead I urge you to do the following: 1. Read Howard Bernstein‘s remembrance – it covers not just Cronkite, but sets the stage for what the television […]

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As Toronto’s garbage strike enters it’s 27th day, might I suggest we look to the 1970s for bold leadership on how to dispose of refuse? (H/T to Roderto for the e-mail)

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Great Caesars Ghost! The Rocket Ace Moving Pictures / Imponderables superteam just keeps on trucking. We’re very happy to announce that three of our silly viral videos have been nominated for Canadian Comedy Awards in the “Pretty Funny Web-Video” category. That’s absolutely amazing and it’s great to see short-form-new-media-comedy get recognized at the venerable awards. […]

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It looks like “Lord of the Rings” accounting will be back in the news as the Estate of JRR Tolkien is suing New Line over their calculation of profits from the three blockbuster films. You may recall that Peter Jackson and Saul Zaentz have sued New Line as well claiming they saw no royalties on […]

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Time for a break from all this serious internet business. One of my real-life superpowers (I have many) is the inability to forget absolutely trivial minutia I’ve been exposed to – but frequently forget how I was exposed to it. This will serve me well should they ever finally produce “the most random gameshow in […]

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Mark Golgberg has asked some fair questions of me over at his blog regarding last year’s couchathon and the throttling difficulties we had. As I posted yesterday, am convinced those issues were due to misapplied BitTorrent throttling. I’ve responded directly on Mark’s blog – but he moderates his comments so I’m not sure when they’ll […]

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Yes I know this is turning quickly into a net-neutrality blog – but since net-neutrality traffic is up at the moment, I figured I should strike while the iron is hot. While I thought the CRTC presentation was quite strong, you’re always left with regrets about the questions that didn’t come up. There was a […]

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Howard Bernstein is a Canadian news and television über-producer who has worked for pretty much every major network in the country. Now retired, his hard hitting, no b.s. blog Medium Close Up is compelling, thought-provoking reading. Good, good, stuff – and I hope he keeps it up.

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