After four decades with Canada's largest private network, Clark suddenly quit today, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network confirmed this in a "terse" statement. Apparently Clark was miffed that he was passed over the anchor job he had been groomed for years, for former Kitchener anchor Lisa LaFlamme.
Just yesterday, THR (the main rival to Variety) and with an assist from the Canadian Press noted that Harper had a secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes back in March 2009 to discuss -- well, we don't know. But the meeting did take place. Also there -- Mr. Keneycke.
Hmm ... Peter Mansbridge has been the anchor at Mother for 22 years. Could the CBC be using the chance to get rid of him and bring in someone with "gravitas" to bring its ratings back up? Or maybe he's going to go to Fox News North.
As for the meeting ... could Fox be asking for "must carry" carriage n Canada for its US network the same as for CNN-US? Just as a fallback, in case SunTV fails in its bid? (Remember that Fox News originally applied for extended basic availability back around 2003 in a joint application with Global -- it got turned down; Global then withdrew and Fox reapplied on its own to be a digital channel which got clearance without a fuss.)
Stay tuned.
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