Archive for the 'Media' Category

Local boys Kidnapper Films have completed their first feature film and based on some festival reviews its getting great buzz. Luckily for everyone in Montreal the AMC Theatre has picked up the release and Who is KK Downey? will begin showing Friday September 6th.  The trailer is hilarious and based on everything I’ve seen from […]

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Posted By: jackhammer | Sep 4th

Julien Brault penned a biography on Quebecor founder Pierre Peladeau. Our own Leila Lemghalef sat down with him to talk about his book, Peladeau’s legacy and place amongst media titans, see the video here:
Pierre Peladeau Biography

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Posted By: froosh | May 2nd

Montreal filmmaker Hunt Hoe is proud to present his film at the AMC Forum starting February 15th, the perfect “funny Valentine” in case your present was a flop…
Escape the deep winter blues, come join a Montreal chef’s spiritual journey in Thailand…

Brief synopsis:
>From a tropical island in Thailand to the island of Montreal then Montserrat in […]

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Posted By: angelica | Jan 31st

Nurun - an ad agency founded by Alexandre Taillefer and now part of the Quebecor empire - is being targeted by global ad agency superpower WPP.  Read more.
Quebecor Media’s sister company Quebecor World failed to secure a $400M financing, so it is seeking bankruptcy protection.

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Posted By: froosh | Jan 21st

I missed this earlier this month, but one more example of small-mindedness from Canada:
Let’s get the government to force more Canadian content down our throat on the Web, just like they do on radio and TV and print.  How freaking lame.
Read more on The Gazette.

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Posted By: froosh | Nov 23rd

MontrealTechWatch reports that the game makers and the province have come to an agreement that will make games have to be released in French.  It’s true that when la Belle Province subsidizes wages to the tune of 37.5%,  it’s the least the game makers can do.
Read more.

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Posted By: froosh | Aug 20th

The Gazette’s Roberto Rocha covers online video startups and talks about WatchMojo.com’s growing video business, here.

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Posted By: froosh | Jul 21st

A jury Friday found former media tycoon Conrad Black guilty of mail fraud and obstruction of justice, determining that he and three co-defendants defrauded shareholders of Hollinger International and skimmed $60 million from the newspaper conglomerate. 
Read more.

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Posted By: froosh | Jul 13th

Erin Simms, who’s one of WatchMojo.com’s hosts, will be performing soon at Petit Campus on Wednesday August 6th at 8 PM.

Check out her single here.

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Posted By: froosh | Jul 5th

Montréal, le mardi 19 juin 2007 – Remstar, Forum Films et Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm sont heureux d’annoncer la sortie sur DVD de Ma fille mon ange, le 3 juillet 2007. Le premier long métrage d’Alexis Durand-Brault, mettant en vedette Michel Côté et Karine Vanasse a cumulé des recettes de plus de 2,6 millions $ dans […]

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Posted By: littlec | Jun 19th