media

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/the-o-dot_1280500611319.jpg) My new favourite Ottawa blog is the-o-dot , a fake news site that’s kind of like a local version of The Onion. Some sample headlines: * [ Out Of Control Hogweed Robs Bank ](http://the-o-dot.blogspot.com/2010/07/out-of-control-hogweed-robs-bank.html) * [ Random Hole Digging Begins ](http://the-o-dot. ...

Some quick links and pics about today’s fire at CTV Ottawa: ** ** * CTV Ottawa: [ Emergency plan in motion after fire guts CTV Ottawa newsroom ](http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100207/OTT_CTVfireFOLO_100207/20100207/?hub=OttawaHome) * Ottawa Citizen: [ Fire destroys CTV Ottawa newsroom, decades of history ](http://www. ...

Did you read the story in the Ottawa Citizen today about the 14-year-old who’s running an unlicensed radio station? Milkman Unlimited digs up some more info about the station, Jayhead Saddé (the kid who runs it), and his dad. Here’s a bit of info: ...

The press release from CTV Ottawa today says: " After 51 years in journalism, veteran newsman Max Keeping is stepping down as Vice-President of News and Anchor of CTV Ottawa’s flagship newscast. Keeping’s last day is set for March 31, 2010 at which time he will become CTV Ottawa’s Community Ambassador. ...

The Ottawa Citizen is doing live coverage of the KISS show at Bluesfest tonight and doing a pretty good job of conveying the atomsphere down there. They’ve got a kind of crowd-sourced-stream-of-consciousness thing going. It’s just like being there, but way quieter and a lot textier. ...

* [ The Leveller ](http://leveller.ca/) - "Your irregularly scheduled feisty newspaper since last month" * [ Apartment613 ](http://www.apt613.ca/) - "on a mission to find the greatest events, thinkers, tips and commentary on life and happenings in Ottawa" * [ West Side Action ](http://www. ...

CTV is the latest local media outlet to make cutbacks to its newscasts. The Ottawa Citizen [ reports ](http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/cuts+local+insert+from+Canada/1387014/story.html) : ** ** CTV Television has discontinued the local news inserts that were part of the Canada AM morning show, but the move will not result in any lost jobs in Ottawa. ...

CBC is reporting that “A” (formely A-Channel, and before that The New RO, and before that CHRO) has cancelled the 6:00pm and 11:00pm newscasts. (The morning show, however, will continue.) Employees were called to a meeting this morning, and were told that the newscasts - and their jobs - were gone effective today. ...

Next week, the Ottawa Citizen will stop using honorifics – the use of “Mr.”, “Mrs.”, “Dr.”, etc. According to writer Tom Spears on the Dark Matter Science blog : In 10 days we will stop using honorifics. Citizen management has decided that after a dozen years, all references to Mr. ...

From Milkman Unlimited : The Gods of Rock descend on Ottawa this afternoon at 4 pm when Astral Media owned radio station The Bear 106.9 flips to Virgin Radio 1069. This is Canada’s third Virgin Radio station to launch after Virgin Radio 999 Toronto and Virgin Radio 953 Vancouver; all part a commercial association to develop Virgin Radio in Canada entered into by Astral Media and Richard Branson’s Virgin Radio International. ...