Gregory Taylor
@gregorytaylor.bsky.social
U Calgary associate professor. Communications policy and various random thoughts, usually music.
"Since the Trump administration captured President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and announced plans to run the country, the world has been confronted with the fact that longstanding rules are falling into irrelevance".
Really? Only this last week @nytimes.com ? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Really? Only this last week @nytimes.com ? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump Broke the World Order. Now What?
With the president’s actions in Venezuela, we’re entering a new era. Here’s what it could look like.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"Since the Trump administration captured President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and announced plans to run the country, the world has been confronted with the fact that longstanding rules are falling into irrelevance".
Really? Only this last week @nytimes.com ? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Really? Only this last week @nytimes.com ? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I know Menzies means this as a critique but "an increasingly well-funded and dominant CBC" sounds pretty good to me the day after the Corporation for Public Broadcasting shut down in the U.S. There is nothing constructive in this piece. macdonaldlaurier.ca/the-biggest-...
The biggest media story of 2026—and why the mainstream press is hoping you’ll ignore it: Peter Menzies in The Hub | Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Bereft of new ideas, broadcasters will continue to gut their newsrooms while insisting the government take responsibility for funding their increasingly apparitional structures.
macdonaldlaurier.ca
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I know Menzies means this as a critique but "an increasingly well-funded and dominant CBC" sounds pretty good to me the day after the Corporation for Public Broadcasting shut down in the U.S. There is nothing constructive in this piece. macdonaldlaurier.ca/the-biggest-...
Unbelievable that the U.S. has just let this slide.
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Unbelievable that the U.S. has just let this slide.
Did not expect to see this article in my lifetime. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: We need to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. uses military coercion against Canada
After the capture of Venezuela’s president and Trump’s musing about Greenland, Canada must consider the worst-case scenario
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Did not expect to see this article in my lifetime. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Between relentlessly attacking "mainstream media" and now "neoliberalism", the MAGA crowd is conquering the world via standard issue undergraduate papers.
January 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Between relentlessly attacking "mainstream media" and now "neoliberalism", the MAGA crowd is conquering the world via standard issue undergraduate papers.
The author of this piece is re-upping the same argument he and a small powerful group of detractors have made for years. Carney already gave up the Digital Services Tax - what did that do for Canadian negotiations? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Canada should be prepared to give up the Online Streaming Act in U.S. trade talks
If Ottawa hopes to stand firm on certain trade issues, it should ditch a law that has been an implementation mess, even if it will be costly
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The author of this piece is re-upping the same argument he and a small powerful group of detractors have made for years. Carney already gave up the Digital Services Tax - what did that do for Canadian negotiations? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Clearly the Alberta premier's charm offensive at Mar a Lago was lacking: "control of Venezuela’s oil reserves would allow the U.S. to end its free-trade deal with Canada... “The U.S. doesn’t need anything from Canada. Free trade is over” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
Trump says U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela after capturing Maduro in military strike
Venezuelan leader faces drug charges as U.S. President verbally asserts American dominance in the Western Hemisphere
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Clearly the Alberta premier's charm offensive at Mar a Lago was lacking: "control of Venezuela’s oil reserves would allow the U.S. to end its free-trade deal with Canada... “The U.S. doesn’t need anything from Canada. Free trade is over” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
Nothing against @radiofreetom.bsky.social but why is he 50% of my feed on this platform tonight?
As I said, it gets sporty when the kids are home from college and have time on their hands
December 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Nothing against @radiofreetom.bsky.social but why is he 50% of my feed on this platform tonight?
Twice a year, the Albert's Jamaican spicy cranberry sauce I stuffed into my suitcase before leaving Toronto is worth its weight in gold.
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Twice a year, the Albert's Jamaican spicy cranberry sauce I stuffed into my suitcase before leaving Toronto is worth its weight in gold.
As a proud Gen X'er, there is only one Grinch, the 1966 special with Boris Karloff. I asked my son why he torments me by preferring the newer Benedict Cumberbatch version. He said the new Grinch treats his dog better. Upon reflection, the boy has a point: Chuck Jones did not spare the whip in 1966.
December 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
As a proud Gen X'er, there is only one Grinch, the 1966 special with Boris Karloff. I asked my son why he torments me by preferring the newer Benedict Cumberbatch version. He said the new Grinch treats his dog better. Upon reflection, the boy has a point: Chuck Jones did not spare the whip in 1966.
At the end of the strangest year ever: Corus Media, barely scraping by in the Canadian broadcasting industry, unwittingly becomes a vital source for truth and free speech in American journalism and is feted by American progressives. Nope, did not see this one this coming.
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
At the end of the strangest year ever: Corus Media, barely scraping by in the Canadian broadcasting industry, unwittingly becomes a vital source for truth and free speech in American journalism and is feted by American progressives. Nope, did not see this one this coming.
According to my feed, all hell is breaking loose at CBS tonight, and then I remind myself, this the Bluesky feed of a COMS scholar, not what the overwhelming majority of the world is talking about. Damn, 2025 has left me jaded.
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
According to my feed, all hell is breaking loose at CBS tonight, and then I remind myself, this the Bluesky feed of a COMS scholar, not what the overwhelming majority of the world is talking about. Damn, 2025 has left me jaded.
The Streaming Act must be preserved and I see little to be gained by placing blame in its slow implementation with the CRTC. The Bill was written in such a way that significant details were punted to the regulator. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
More TV, radio stations could shutter if Online Streaming Act is scrapped, industry leaders warn
Act compels foreign platforms such as Netflix to financially support Canada’s TV, film and music sectors
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Streaming Act must be preserved and I see little to be gained by placing blame in its slow implementation with the CRTC. The Bill was written in such a way that significant details were punted to the regulator. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Work in concert with Europe and Australia to maintain the essential principles of the Online Streaming Act. Scrapping the Digital Services Act got us nothing. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
U.S. targeting dairy, Online Streaming Act in USMCA negotiations, top Trump trade official says
Remarks from U.S. Trade Representative suggest White House will press ahead with talks, not walk away from continental pact
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Work in concert with Europe and Australia to maintain the essential principles of the Online Streaming Act. Scrapping the Digital Services Act got us nothing. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
The Sure Thing was never seen as one of Rob Reiner's masterpieces, yet it resonated with me at the end of high school far more than the hyped and vacuous Breakfast Club.
December 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The Sure Thing was never seen as one of Rob Reiner's masterpieces, yet it resonated with me at the end of high school far more than the hyped and vacuous Breakfast Club.
Clearly the foundational political institutions of Canada and the U.S. need an update. The MAGA crowd and their Alberta offspring are gleefully exploiting the weak spots. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to pass bill affecting transgender citizens
Laws include policing names and pronouns in school and banning transgender girls from participating in amateur female sports
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Clearly the foundational political institutions of Canada and the U.S. need an update. The MAGA crowd and their Alberta offspring are gleefully exploiting the weak spots. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Wow. You're in serious trouble America, which of course means we all are. The institutional scaffolding of democracy was far more precarious than anyone thought.
Breaking news: The Supreme Court appeared poised to allow President Trump to fire a leader of the FTC, a ruling that could limit or overturn a 90-year-old precedent that curbs executive power to dismiss the heads of agencies set up to be independent.
Supreme Court poised to expand Trump’s power over independent agencies
A ruling in favor of Trump’s position has been expected by legal experts because the justices have been chipping away at a precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Wow. You're in serious trouble America, which of course means we all are. The institutional scaffolding of democracy was far more precarious than anyone thought.
Would it "sink the Canadian media ecosystem" or cause some much needed readjustments? Perhaps CTV not showing Big Bang Theory six times a day won't spell the end of the Canadian cultural industries. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
Why the Netflix, Warner Bros. deal is a disaster for movie theatres, filmmakers and audiences
Among other concerns, this acquisition could singlehandedly sink the Canadian media ecosystem
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Would it "sink the Canadian media ecosystem" or cause some much needed readjustments? Perhaps CTV not showing Big Bang Theory six times a day won't spell the end of the Canadian cultural industries. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
what will this mean to Crave's deal to carry HBO shows in Canada? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s studios, streaming unit for US$72-billion
Deal would hand control of prized Hollywood assets to the streaming giant
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
what will this mean to Crave's deal to carry HBO shows in Canada? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
What a huge contribution. Play it Steve.
Steve Cropper, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at Memphis’s Stax Records in the 1960s and ’70s, has died at 84.
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
What a huge contribution. Play it Steve.
Please reasonable Americans, don't start doing victory laps because you only lost Tennessee by 7 points. A sleeping Trump still has 30% of the vote locked up. You've still got a lot of work to do. Signed, the rest of the world.
"It’s difficult to conceive of a cohesive and robust Republican Party emerging out of the ruins being wrought by Trump. And considering the untold damage the party has done to the nation over the past 25 years, perhaps that's for the better."
Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
The end is in sight — and it's not pretty for the GOP.
www.publicnotice.co
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Please reasonable Americans, don't start doing victory laps because you only lost Tennessee by 7 points. A sleeping Trump still has 30% of the vote locked up. You've still got a lot of work to do. Signed, the rest of the world.
My Media Industries class has been giving some stellar presentations largely based upon reports from @mediamorphis.bsky.social and the terrific crew working at the Global Media and Internet Concentration Project. Great resource.
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My Media Industries class has been giving some stellar presentations largely based upon reports from @mediamorphis.bsky.social and the terrific crew working at the Global Media and Internet Concentration Project. Great resource.
This is excellent investigative journalism. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This is excellent investigative journalism. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
A quick glance through the news and there are multiple scandals just today which would have brought down a president in previous eras. And I don't think anyone expects any of them to stick in 2025.
December 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A quick glance through the news and there are multiple scandals just today which would have brought down a president in previous eras. And I don't think anyone expects any of them to stick in 2025.
Great development for Canadian connectivity. The large incumbents have had ample time and we still have numerous dead zones, it is time to allow and encourage some smaller players to finish connecting Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
In Quebec, a small telco is taking on the challenge of bringing cell service to ‘dead zones’
When complete, Eeyou Mobility’s network will cover 550 kilometres of roadway
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Great development for Canadian connectivity. The large incumbents have had ample time and we still have numerous dead zones, it is time to allow and encourage some smaller players to finish connecting Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...