CBC taking the crown in corporate shenanigans

The CBC’s cuts are another example of Canadian news media companies doing a poor job of expanding their audience, and losing relevance to younger, more diverse, and digitally savvy generations.

CBC president Catherine Tait dropped the bomb on Dec. 4 that the public broadcaster would be cutting 800 jobs at a time when journalism is falling apart, misinformation is on the rise, and the distribution of that journalism is most critical, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

December 6, 2023

OTTAWA—The conundrum of legacy news added a new tragedy to its nexus of pain. On Dec. 4, the partially publicly funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

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