Full disclosure: my son Dan Brioux is among the executive producers of the documentary series I’m about to recommend. It’s called Good People and it starts streaming Friday on CBC Gem. Don’t watch it because Dan had anything to do with it, or because, as his father, I am damn proud of him. Watch it
Today was my first “take daddy to work day.” Full disclosure: my son, Daniel Brioux, is part of the program development team at Vice Canada. Thursday, press were invited to scope out the new Vice studios in Toronto’s trendy Liberty Village. The state of the art media space has been carved into a century-old brick
What with traveling and deadlines, it had been a while since I last spoke with Scott Thompson. So last Wednesday, the AM900CHML host finally got my take on the whole Ghomeshi thing. We kick it around. We also discuss a possible prequel to The Sopranos as well as the launch of new digital streaming services in Canada such
Another day, another multi-million-dollar media deal. Wednesday in Toronto, Rogers president and CEO Guy Laurence announced a three year, $100 million partnership with Vice Media. Vice, co-founded 20 years ago in Montreal by Concordia grad Shane Smith, has a proven track record delivering online news to the demo broadcasters seem unable to reach–18 to 34-year-olds.