Former Huffington Submit Canada exec Brodie Fenlon has been promoted to move up CBC Information as basic supervisor and editor in chief, changing Susan Marjetti as she retires after 35 years on the Canadian public broadcaster.
Fenlon joined CBC Information in 2013 after having helped launch HuffPo Canada. He most lately served as editor in chief and govt director of packages and requirements since 2020. In 2017, Fenlon was tapped to supervise day by day information and home and international bureaus on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. because it confronted elevated U.S. digital competitors.
Fenlon succeeds Marjetti, who’s stepping down from her function as basic supervisor of CBC Information.
“With Susan’s retirement, there is no such thing as a one higher suited and ready to take the helm of CBC Information than Brodie. He’s a seasoned journalist and an empathetic chief who will proceed to form the strategic course of CBC Information, guiding the information staff by these turbulent occasions and guaranteeing that CBC Information stays important to audiences throughout the nation,” Barbara Williams, govt vp on the CBC, the nation’s public broadcaster, stated in an announcement on Tuesday.
In Dec. 2023, the CBC introduced it expects to chop round 600 jobs because it offers with decrease promoting income and competitors from U.S. digital giants. International gamers like Google and Fb have upended the Canadian promoting business by taking income away from conventional media platforms just like the CBC, which depends partially on non-public advert {dollars} to offset programming prices.
Canada’s pubcaster stated it confronted a $125 million budgetary shortfall more likely to result in programming cuts and layoffs. To ease content material prices, the CBC is trying to the federal authorities to compel U.S. digital giants like Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Netflix to assist Canadian indie producers that offer the pubcaster with a lot of its programming choices countrywide.
