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Reports of Susan Sherring’s retirement are greatly exaggerated. Certainly, she has taken a buyout from the Ottawa Sun and yes, she has put down her pen for now. But she’s not going away that easily. Sherring, 57, had been at the paper since day one, writing about everything and anything. ...

The numbers are out. It may take a keen eye to notice who’s won and who’s lost, or it may not. While the topline numbers don’t always tell the whole story, they are all we have to digest. Sometimes the best way to tell who won and lost is how individual stations react to these numbers. ...

Susan Sherring has been a part of the _ ** Ottawa Sun ** _ since day one, when the paper launched in 1988. Now, she’s taking a buyout. Sherring announced the news Thursday evening on Twitter. https://twitter.com/SusanSherring/status/801910296138878976 It comes amid a grim financial picture at parent company Postmedia, which also publishes the _ ** Ottawa Citizen ** _ . ...

_ (press release) _ A new study on telecommunications, Internet and media concentration across Canada directed by Carleton University’s Dwayne Winseck, professor at the School of Journalism and Communication , reveals a mixed picture: high media concentration in many core areas of the Internet, and declining but still high levels of concentration in mobile wireless services. ...

_ ** iPolitics ** _ reported Thursday on more cuts coming to the Postmedia-owned ** _ Ottawa Citizen _ ** _ and _ ** _ Ottawa Sun _ ** . According to the Ottawa Newspaper Guild, Postmedia will reduce the amount of local coverage in the print editions of the two papers. ...

After 16 months on leave to fight cancer, CBC Ottawa anchor Lucy van Oldenbarneveld says she’ll be returning to work soon. She posted a video update to CBC’s website with the news Saturday, promising she’d be on the air shortly. _ Video via CBC Ottawa. ...

Congratulations to CBC Ottawa traffic reporter and collision connoisseur Doug Hempstead, who released his new album “area resident” on Friday. https://twitter.com/DougHempstead/status/789384810028421120 https://twitter.com/JimWatsonOttawa/status/789495296447447042 Area Resident by Area Resident

Well, ALL Bell Media radio stations do now. It’s part of the Canadian launch of iHeartRadio, an American radio streaming platform developed by iHeartMedia. https://twitter.com/MAJIC100Ottawa/status/782044150489288705 Much nicer design. The old sites were straight out of the 90s and didn’t work well on phones. ...

Canada’s telecom regulator, the CRTC, has released a (fairly clunky) interactive map to show which radio and TV stations broadcast emergency alerts. If you’ve consumed any broadcast media in the last year, you’ve probably heard them - called “AlertReady.” It’s been broadcast in the Ottawa area several times in severe weather situations. ...

OTTAWA, September 12, 2016 – Om Nom Ottawa is an inventive new local cooking show that combines comedy and food. All 6 episodes are available On Demand on Bell Fibe’s TV1 as of September 1st. Local farmers and producers are interviewed by Eva Bee, a wildly energetic host who’s been on the foodie and film scene in town for years. ...