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<big>On 2014-06-29 13:34, unsolicited wrote:</big>
<blockquote cite="mid:53B04E1C.3060904@swiz.ca" type="cite"><big>Their
[business interests]interest is not the public interest, unless they
can increase their profit in kowtowing to it. (And the lines don't stay
still.)
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The lines do not stay still, i.e. what is "the public interest"?.<br>
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Some say CANCON is in the "public interest". Some say it is not.<br>
Some say the CTRC serves the "public interest". Some say it does not.<br>
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"And the lines don't stay still."<br>
- witness the debates (some pre-CTRC) about magnetic tape, reel-to-reel
& cassette<br>
- witness the debates about CDROM & digital media/copying<br>
- witness the debates about Writable-CDROM & </big><big>digital
media/copying</big><br>
<big>- witness the debates (continuing) about content in MP3 and other
digital formats and </big><big>digital media/copying</big><br>
<big>- more<br>
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On a similar vein, until recently I commuted between the 519 and 905
with the terminus near YYZ.<br>
And I listened to talk radio on AM stations located in Kitchener and
Toronto. <br>
Over the past number of years all of these stations have been making
changes in their programming.<br>
These changes include modifying their format, been changing hosts,
running repeat shows, etc.<br>
Recently two talk radio hosts lost their jobs on a local AM station
owned by Rogers as a result of these changes.<br>
CNN, too, has been changing its format, moving from "news" to
"entertainment".<br>
Presumably, these changes came about due to business decisions driven
by revenue, costs and shrinking/changing audiences and shrinking
advertising income.<br>
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"And the lines don't stay still."<br>
JohnJ<br>
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