Eleven reasons CBCers loved/hated Richard Stursberg

Losing the Hockey Night in Canada theme song

It wouldn’t be the Mother Corp. without the good ol’ hockey game, so CBC signed a $100-million deal in 2006 to keep Hockey Night in Canada. But the cash ran dry when it came to securing rights to the famed theme song. In 2008, CTV bid over $2.5 million for the jingle, meaning CBC forfeited the rights after 40 years. National fury ensued, and the network held a contest to come up with a new tune (how does it go again?).

by Ashleigh Ryan August 10, 2010 at 10:48 am

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Stursberg’s assault on classical music was irresponsible, philistine, misguided and unjustified. Now that he’s gone, just give us back what was taken from us!
August 10, 2010 at 11:27 am | by David Basskin
Let’s get the facts right. The CBC wanted to employ as many people as it wanted on a contract basis, rather than in an ongoing, permanent manner. What it got: contract employees can be NO MORE THAN 9.5% of the permanent workforce. It’s a huge difference. The lockout was completely unnecessary — a huge miscalculation in strategy on the part of three CBC senior executives, including Stursberg. We would have been able to arrive at that agreement without such extreme action on the CBC’s part.

Please read my blog on the Stursberg “departure” at
http://newsshift.blogspot.com/2010/08/richard-stursberg-early-thoughts-about.html

Lise Lareau
National President
Canadian Media Guild
August 11, 2010 at 11:23 am | by Lise Lareau

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