Donald Trump to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’

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The Republican presidential candidate will host Saturday Night Live Nov. 7,

Amanda Lang Leaving CBC for Bloomberg TV

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In early January, media website Canadaland alleged that she tried to “sabotage” a 2013 story about the Royal Bank of Canada and its use of temporary foreign workers

Investigation Needed into Elections Canada Failings (Oberfeld)

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Something has not been right: Elections Canada from coast to coast was clearly unable to efficiently and effectively handle registration and the advance polling this election

Perseverance Separates Winners From Losers by Paul Kaye

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If you talk to anyone who has achieved a significant goal you’ll hear a tale of someone who had to rebound from setback after setback and muster up the courage to take on unforeseen challenges. (Paul Kaye)

TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 13th

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It’s the date of birth for Paul Simon, Marie Osmond, Nana Mouskouri, deejay Cousin Brucie Morrow, Billy Bush, Nipsey Russell and ventriloquist Burr Tillstrom. Tillstrom’s creation ‘Kukla Fran & Ollie’ debuted on local Chicago TV, Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra co-hosted an ABC-TV special introducing Ford’s Edsel; the third Kennedy-Nixon Presidential debate was televised with the nominees a continent apart; Jon Bon Jovi hosted Saturday Night Live; after 22 years CBS radio cancelled ‘Art Linkletter’s House Party’; and Beatlemania began with a BBC telecast of the Fab Four from the London Palladium. Leaving us this date were Ed Sullivan, Al Martino (pictured), Gary Collins, newsmen Douglas Edawards and Hughes Rudd, writer Stepehn Ambrose and actress Bea Benederet. Details and ALL the Oct. 13th milestones INSIDE.

What’s All The Hurry On That PPM Update?

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Can we really believe that in the past couple of months Nielsen dissected Voltair to figure out why it worked, developed a firmware update to emulate it, lab tested the new firmware, and completed a thorough field test?”

TV Ad Clutter is Worse than Ever

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Minutes of paid ad time for broadcast networks went up 2.8 percent over the same time last year, while cable was up even more sharply, by 4.6 percent.