Media Monday Edmonton: Update #319

Taproot Edmonton’s latest Media Roundup was published today. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Monday morning.

Here are a few select updates from today’s Media Roundup:

Bryan Hall, affectionately known across the city as “Hallsy”, is celebrating 65 years of broadcasting. 630 CHED has published a big feature on Hall’s career.
CKUA’s fall fundraiser is underway with a goal of raising $650,000 by October 28.
Carla Turner is back from maternity leave and will be doing the weather on weekends at 6pm and 11:30pm on CTV Edmonton.
Former CTV Edmonton anchor Carrie Doll has launched a podcast called The Inner Circle. “With a passion for stories well told, each week Carrie will feature stories of guests exploring their personal truths, highlighting their wins and uncovering the lessons they have learned along the way.”
UCP leader Jason Kenney “took umbrage this week at stories from members of the legislature press gallery about a speech he gave to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 9.,” writes Graham Thomson. Kenney’s Twitter account attacked Edmonton Journal writer Emma Graney for a story she did.

NAIT’s TV studio control room, photo by Jason Woodhead

And here is some non-local media news that I found interesting this week:

The Membership Puzzle Project has announced the Membership in News Fund “so that sites around the world can more freely experiment with membership as a way to develop sustainable models for the support of independent journalism.”
Netflix is planning to raise $2 billion in new debt to fund content spending. “The latest proposed debt offering is the sixth time in less than four years that the company is raising $1 billion or more through bonds.”
Dr. Gary Marcus and Dr. Ernest Davis in the New York Times: No, A.I. Won’t Solve the Fake News Problem. At least not for decades to come. Sorry, Mark Zuckerberg.
“Craig Newmark, so often accused of destroying journalism, is now doing his best to revive it,” writes David Streitfeld in the New York Times. A new $2.5 million gift to New York Public Radio “brings his total philanthropic efforts involving media in the last year to $50 million.”
AIGA Eye on Design: Wired’s 25th Anniversary Cover is a Peek Into the Past, Present + Future of Magazine Design.

Follow Edmonton media news using the hashtag #yegmedia and be sure to check out Mediagazer for the latest media news from elsewhere. You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here. If you have a tip or suggestion for future updates, let me know.

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Published by Mack Male