Micro Persuasion: Locked Out of Their Jobs, CBC Journalists Elect to Podcast

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Locked Out of Their Jobs, CBC Journalists Elect to Podcast

Podcasting News: Podcasts are helping locked-out Canadian broadcasters route around the broadcast towers. Five days after being locked out of their broadcasting jobs, the broadcasters are creating shows again, with podcasts and a new website CBCUnplugged. On August 15th, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation locked out 5,300 employees represented by the Canadian Media Guild, as a result of a standoff in an ongoing labor dispute.

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