Canadaland

Canadaland
Industry Podcast
Genre media criticism, Canadian politics, art and art criticism
Founded 2013 (2013)
Founder Jesse Brown
Headquarters Canada
Website www.canadalandshow.com

Canadaland is Canadian a news site and podcast network created and published by Jesse Brown in 2013[1][2].

Early history

Having unsuccessfully pitched Canadian media criticism proposals to different mainstream news organizations, Brown launched his own podcast and blog called Canadaland in October 2013[3].

Early on, Brown recounted that journalists were sometimes hesitant to appear on the programme as guests due to fear of reprisals.[3] The guest situation reportedly somewhat improved in February 2014[3] after Canadaland broke its first big story — news that The National anchor Peter Mansbridge had been paid $28,000 to speak at a December 2012 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) event,[4] thus raising conflict of interest concerns due to accepting money from an entity with a vested interest in the oil sands issue, a topic Mansbridge regularly reports on from a national platform. The story got picked up on by The Huffington Post,[5] Vice,[6] and reporter Andrew Mitrovica,[7] forcing Mansbridge to address the issue,[8] sparking a lively debate in the Canadian mainstream media outlets.[9][10][11][12][13] CBC Ombudsman Esther Enkin investigated the issue, concluding there was no problem with Mansbridge taking money to speak before an oil lobby group, though adding that CBC should "think about the appearance of getting paid by interest groups who are likely to feature prominently in the news".[14][15][16][17] In April 2014 CBC announced changes in its rules regarding speaking engagements for its journalists.[18][19]

In October 2014, Brown announced a crowdfunding initiative through Patreon, seeking funds in order to keep Canadaland afloat. By this time, the podcast was attracting some 10,000 listeners every week.[20]

Expansion & current podcasts

After the initial launch of the Canadaland podcast, it has since expanded to become a podcast network. New shows have been added discussing a variety of current events and other subjects.

As of September 2018, the Canadaland podcast network includes:

  • Canadaland. The original eponymous podcast discussing predominantly Canadian media and media criticism.
  • Commons. A politics podcast, described as being "the only politics show in the country for people who hate politics".[21]
  • Imposter. An art and art criticism podcast.[21]
  • Oppo. A politics podcast with an adversarial angle hosted by journalists Jen Gerson and Justin Ling.[21]
  • Taste Buds. A food and food critic podcast.[21]
  • Wag the Doug. An ad-hoc, irregularly scheduled podcast about Ontario Premier Doug Ford.[21]

More information

Canadaland is a member of the National NewsMedia Council,[22] an independent organization established in 2015 to deal with acceptable journalistic practises and ethical behaviour.

References

  1. ↑ Canadaland. "About Canadaland".
  2. ↑ Jake Brennan. "The man behind Canadaland".
  3. 1 2 3 Brown, Jesse (June 2014). "Nobody's a Critic: Who holds journalists to account in Canada?". The Walrus. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Brown, Jesse (26 February 2014). "Oil Sands Group Confirms Paying Peter Mansbridge - it wasn't just Rex". Canadaland. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Bolen, Michael (26 February 2014). "Peter Mansbridge Was Paid By Oil And Gas Lobby For Speech". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. ↑ McGuire, Patrick (26 February 2014). "Peter Mansbridge Got Paid to Speak to an Oil Industry Crowd". Vice. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Mitrovica, Andrew (27 February 2014). "You've got some explaining to do, Mr. Mansbridge". iPolitics. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Mansbridge, Peter (27 February 2014). "Speaking of Speeches..." CBC.ca. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Mertl, Steve (27 February 2014). "First Murphy, now Mansbridge: CBC personalities under fire for oil industry connections". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Peter Mansbridge receives speaking fees from oil industry group". As It Happens. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  11. ↑ Houpt, Simon (28 February 2014). "Among journalists, Mansbridge has plenty of company in taking private speakers' fees". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  12. ↑ Mallick, Heather (28 February 2014). "Mansbridge shouldn't moonlight for oil cash: Mallick". Toronto Star. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  13. ↑ McQueen, Cynthia (6 March 2014). "CBC's Peter principle". Now. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  14. ↑ Conflict of Interest Wednesday, March 12, 2014;12 March 2014
  15. ↑ CBC Ombudsman;12 March 2014
  16. ↑ Uechi, Jenny (13 March 2014). "CBC should stop journalists like Rex Murphy from taking speaking fees: Ombudsman review". The Vancouver Observer. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  17. ↑ Hume, Jessica (15 March 2014). "Peter Mansbridge did nothing wrong: CBC ombudsman". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  18. ↑ McGuire, Jennifer (24 April 2014). "Review of speaking engagements". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  19. ↑ Bolen, Michael (24 April 2014). "CBC Changes Rules After Furor Over Speaking Fees For Peter Mansbridge And Rex Murphy". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  20. ↑ Brown, Jesse (5 October 2014). "patreon dot com slash CANADALAND". Canadaland. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 Canadaland. "Canadaland Podcasts".
  22. ↑ "List of members". National NewsMedia Council. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
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