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Link: Arlene Dickinson quits CBC’s Dragons’ Den; CBC responds

From Cheryl Brown of CBC News:

Arlene Dickinson, Canadian venture capitalist and longtime Dragons’ Denpersonality, announced Friday that she’s leaving the award-winning CBC show.

The communications and marketing maven said “it’s time” to give up her chair after eight “incredible” seasons on the program that pits burgeoning entrepreneurs against established investors, like Dickinson. Continue reading.

Arlene Dickinson’s Facebook post regarding her decision.

CBC’s press release about Arlene’s departure.

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Link: Sun News Network goes off the air

From James Bradshaw of The Globe and Mail:

Sun News Network has gone dark.

The television station that launched in 2011 promising “hard news and straight talk” went off the air at 5 a.m. Friday morning. No on-air announcement was made as the screen went dark and was replaced moments later with the Sun TV logo.

The closing will mean the loss of 150 full-time jobs and affect about 200 employees and contributors. Continue reading.

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Link: “Seldom has a title been more descriptive than Schitt’s Creek”

From Brian Lowry of Variety:

TV Review: ‘Schitt’s Creek’
Seldom has a title been more descriptive than “Schitt’s Creek,” a tired reunion of SCTV’s Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara that makes a case for putting a cap on Canadian imports. Arriving in the U.S. on the rebranded Pop network, the half-hour series — created by Levy and his son Daniel — essentially builds a “Green Acres”-like show (with a pinch, perhaps, of “Arrested Development”) around a slim and juvenile pun, hoping the auspices and talent will carry through. Perhaps it will for Pop’s undemanding purposes, but that odor emanating from “Schitt’s Creek” is, at best, stale. Continue reading.

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