"So, while a tell-all -- the circumstances and atmosphere surrounding his end at CBC loom mysteriously over the book until the final chapter -- Stursberg doesn't come off vindictive. With his memoir, he's still trying to help save the CBC." -- Telegraph Journal
"Richard Stursberg's rage dominates his crackling autobiography -- as does his grief for the lost network's unfulfilled promise." -- Globe & Mail
The ultimate CBC insider exposes the controversies, successes and dead ends of his time at the top.
In 2004, CBC television had sunk to its lowest audience share in its history. That same year, Richard Stursberg, an avowed popularizer with a reputation for radical action, was hired to run English services. With incisive wit, Stursberg tells the story of the struggle that resulted -- a struggle that lasted for six turbulent and controversial years.
Shortly after Stursberg arrived, the corporation locked out its employees for two months. Four years later, he signed the most harmonious labour contract to date. He lost the television rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games. He won the biggest NHL contract in history. He had unprecedented ratings successes. He had terrible flops. He enjoyed the best radio, television and online ratings in CBC's history. He fought endless wars with the CBC president and board about the direction of the corporation and ultimately was dismissed.
This is the story of our most loved and reviled cultural institution during its most convulsive and far-reaching period of change. It is for those who think the CBC has lost its way, those who love where it is, and those who think it should not exist in the first place.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 384.54092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781926812731 9781926812748
- LCCN
- PN1992.4.S88
- LCCN Item number
- A3 2012eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (341 p.)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00228573 (OCoLC)785733197 (CaOOCEL)443318
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Sins, secrets and successes inside the CBC
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL