CBC Makes Cutbacks, Radio 3 Emerges Relatively Unscathed

Facing a downtown in advertising to the tune of $171 million CDN, the venerable Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has just announced a series of cutbacks to its television and radio ventures: About 400 employees are being laid off from the CBC’s English-language service, 335 will depart the French-language arm and 70 are being cut in…