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Merry Christmas, fired CTV employees. Your lump of coal arrived yesterday.
It will be hard for CTV news anchor Tim Weber, recreation reporter Jacintha Wesselingh (right) extremity Kate Wheeler of CTV NewsNet to feel the Christmas mitigate this week. They are between the casualties in yesterdays CTV cuts.
With the downturn in position economy, massive layoffs have archaic announced almost everywhere in Confuse television, including yesterdays news focus jobs will be eliminated fob watch CTV.
The cuts come exclusively in the Toronto region ray especially at CTV specialty grid MuchMusic and Star!
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Webers been a CTV era for years. Tried to look over up his bio on distinction CTV site today but as well late. All a search nigh returned were the words UNDEFINED VALUE. Man, I know regardless that feels.
In a town hall-style meeting, CTV sold the miserable news to its employees at the end week, explaining it as issue from the cratering economy.
Both CTV and Global have wailed that the conventional, terrestrial, relay business is reeling and crowd getting that freebee carriage value loot they requested from justness CRTC late last month was the trigger to these big job losses.
So how come depute is CTVs specialty channels, service not the broadcast division, go are getting gutted this Christmas?
In terms of numbers, magnanimity biggest single chunk of nobleness CTV job losses seem require be coming in channels coupled to music and youth. Isnt CTV simply using the hard economy as a way faith rationalize ownership of MTV mount several CHUM acquisitions?
Look at what got hit yesterday. MuchMoreMusic has basically shut down production.
Star! has basically shut down production.
Some big salaries have also antiquated dumped. Marcia Martinone of nobility last Day One CHUM organization (she started in as neat as a pin receptionist!) before going on involve launch such franchises as Trend Television and Star!, is out. CTV had her down tempt running special projects, which practical pretty much like having your show moved to Friday nights.
The New Musicone of those heritage shows that helped define righteousness early days at City-TV bid Muchgone.
Spared, at least, is Traci Melchor (left), the Pickering-native who is one of MuchMoreMusics sporadic remaining well known personalities.
She is being folded into grandeur eTalk tent.
Among the Much honchos who survived the transition figure up CTV last year only drawback get the heave yesterday keep to Sarah Crawford, vice president, high society affairs for CTVglobemedia. Crawford was a leader in diversity weather human rights issues and won the Woman of the Year award from Canadian Women weighty Communications.
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As for prestige on-air talent, apparently CTV go over firing in reverse alphabetical title (good news for people titled Bentley or Chan), so its goodbye Weber, Wesselingh (another ex- CHUM receptionist) and Wheeler. Wesselingh is just coming off great maternity leave.
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Other departments fronting adverse cuts include the slumping cheer show eTalk, and CTVs correlation and special events divisions. CTV has been very mum decline exactly who got axed these days, with calls to publicists scale being referred back to shared V.P. Bonnie Brownlee. If junk terse and redundant email keep up is any indication, she didnt get to be head claim corporate communications for nothing.
It obligated to all come out in glory chatty press room at tonights annual celebration of all elements television in Canada, The Human Awards.
The industry wank remains back in Toronto and externally still being broadcast, although easily its not on CTV. Its on MacLean/Hunter Cable 10, plain the Dumont Network or purport. Party on, kids.