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Media Beat: October 01, 2018

By David Farrell

How a 'right to be forgotten' could trigger a battle over free speech in Canada

Last week, Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien served notice he intends to seek clarity from the Federal Court on whether existing laws already give Canadians the right to demand that search engines remove links to material that is outdated, incomplete or incorrect, a process called "de-indexing." – Kathleen Harris, CBC News


Scruff’s son, TJ Connors replaces Dave Wheeler at CITI-FM

Winnipeg radio station 92.1 CITI-FM announced it has hired a replacement for morning show DJ Dave Wheeler, who filed a $1.4 million lawsuit against Rogers Media after he was fired.

TJ Connors, a native Winnipegger whose dad is former radio broadcaster Scruff Connors, will join the station on Dec. 3 as part of the new Rena, TJ and Turnbull show from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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The station calls the show, which will feature personality Kelly Butler, "a dream team of diverse personalities and edgy humour."  – Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press

Jazz.FM rejects Garvia Bailey’s dismissal suit, blames her performance

Jazz.FM filed a statement of defence Friday in response to a $420,000 lawsuit Bailey filed at the end of last month. The suit alleged wrongful and constructive dismissal, claiming she was terminated for joining a group of 13 current and former employees known as the Collective, which launched complaints against then-CEO Ross Porter and other senior leaders at the station in a March letter. – Donovan Vincent, The Star

P.J. O’Rourke Creates American Consequences

American political satirist, author and journalist PJ. O’Rourke has created an online magazine about what’s really happening in American finance… and what’s about to happen next and best of all, it is free to subscribe to.

How Instagram rose into a cultural powerhouse

Most celebrities now, some with tens of millions of followers, put far more care into what goes on the platform. Instagram has become central to their public images. The same goes for teenagers who just want to look cool, as well as everyone in between. – Daniel Victor, The New York Times

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Security breach affects 50M Facebook accounts

To deal with the issue, Facebook reset some logins, so 90 million people have been logged out and will have to log in again. That includes anyone who has been subject to a "View As" lookup in the past year. – AP

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Ariana Grande on the cover of "Dangerous Woman (Tenth Anniversary Edition)" due out on May 29, 2026
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Ariana Grande on the cover of "Dangerous Woman (Tenth Anniversary Edition)" due out on May 29, 2026

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Ariana Grande Celebrating 10th Anniversary of ‘Dangerous Woman’ LP With Expanded Edition Featuring Unreleased Fan Favorite

The special 18-track digital album due out on May 29 features new cover art.

Ariana Grande is gearing up to celebrate the tenth anniversary of her 2016 album, Dangerous Woman, with an expanded edition of her third LP featuring new artwork and a song that didn’t make the original version. Dangerous Woman (Tenth Anniversary Edition) will drop on May 29 as an 18-track digital album, expanded to include the unreleased fan favorite “Knew Better Part Two.”

The Grammy-nominated, three-times platinum album that debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart will feature the Hot 100 top No. 4 hit “Side to Side” (feat. Nicki Minaj), as well as the No. 8 hit title track and No. 13 single “Into You.” According to a release announcing the project, the album has racked up more than 20 million global units and more than 25 billion streams to date thanks to such enduring hits as “Into You” and “Side to Side.”

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