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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whether existing laws already give Canadians the right to demand that search engines remove links to material that is outdated, incomplete or incorrect, a process called "de-indexing."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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Madonna at The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, broadcasting live from the Peacock Theater on Sunday, September 27, 2026 on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.
Stewart Cook/CBS

Madonna at The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, broadcasting live from the Peacock Theater on Sunday, September 27, 2026 on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.

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Here Are All the 2026 MTV VMAs Winners: Full List

Madonna & Taylor Swift came into the night the top nominees, and they were also the biggest winners.

The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards took over LA on Sunday night (Sept. 27), and some of the biggest names in music gathered in the Peacock Theater to find out who would take home a Moon Person (or seven). Madonna was the telecast’s biggest winner, taking home seven prizes in total, including three onstage wins: artist of the year, best dance (her Confessions II short film) and best collaboration (“Bring Your Love” with Sabrina Carpenter).

The next big winner: Taylor Swift, who accepted the first-ever Artist Director Honors (before premiering her latest self-directed video, for her brand-new track “Patient Zero”) and returned to take home the final award of the night: video of the year for “The Fate of Ophelia”; she also won best direction for “Opalite.”

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