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CBC television killed their dinnertime newscast Canada Now so that they can revive local newscasts. While I fear the introduction of local fluff stories and bargain basement regional anchors into the station’s proudly stoic coverage (we call this “Global TV syndrome”), there was an interesting quote on the move from editor-in-chief Tony Burman: “We’re heading into a world where we’re all going to become content providers, not TV stations, not newspapers, not radio stations.” ~ Toronto Star

InsideTheCBC expanded on this a bit: “A stronger focus will be placed on the CBC’s web site — citizens will be encouraged to upload pictures and video and add comments to the story. Reporters will work across all media lines, rather than be assigned specifically to radio or television.”

I’m interested to see how this “stronger focus” is utilized. CBC plugs their web resources left and right so it must go further than that. What I’m curious to see if if they take the user-contributed media and funnel it back onto the air. I can’t wait to see the terms of use for that website.