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Ici, tout le monde en parle : les mésaventures de la direction de Radio-Canada

11 Tuesday Jun 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in broadcasting, Canada, journalism

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arts, branding, broadcasting, canada, Canadian, CBC, commerce, culture, diffusion, Ici, marketing, marque, montreal, PR, public broadcasting, public relations, quebec, radio, Radio-Canada, relation publiques, Société Radio-Canada, SRC, television

La Maison de Radio-Canada

La Maison de Radio-Canada à Montréal (PHOTO: Ricky Leong).

Si vous n’étiez pas déjà convaincus que la direction de Radio-Canada se trouve à la dérive, sûrement vous avez changez d’avis depuis le 5 juin.
Qui aurait pensé que trois petites lettres, I-C-I, pouvaient causer autant d’ennuis?
Je n’exaggère pas en déclarant que le Canada entier vient d’être témoin d’une catastrophe de marketing jamais vu en temps moderne.
La direction de la Société Radio-Canada a dépensé plus de 400 000$ pour des consultant à l’externe (en plus du travail à l’interne) pour corriger un problème qui n’existait pas. En fait, c’est la «solution» elle-même qui cause des maux de têtes à la société d’état.
Le mercredi 5 juin, on annonce officiellement que tous les services de Radio-Canada seraient rassemblés sous le nom «Ici».
Le changement sème la confusion et soulève la tollé. Les critiques proviennent de partout : l’auditoire, parlementaires, amis, ennemis, même de la part de ses propres employés.
Jeudi, on clarifie les choses … un peu. La marque «Radio-Canada» ne serait pas rayée de la carte. On nous rassure que la direction est fière du nom «Radio-Canada» et de son héritage. (Par ailleurs, la Société Radio-Canada ne peut changer de nom légalement sans un amendement à la loi fédérale sur la diffusion.)
Dimanche, on attire l’attention des voisins : les nouvelles de la controverse sont publiés dans le cahier B du grand journal américain, The New York Times.
Lundi, la SRC déclare avoir entendu les souhaits du grand public. On s’excuse et on fait semblant d’avoir fait volte-face : la marque «Radio-Canada» demeure partout mais le mot «Ici» ne disparaît pas. Loin de cela, on fera presqu’exactement ce qu’on a voulu faire depuis le début.

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Smells like teen spirit

23 Saturday Feb 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, music, photography, Seattle, Travel, urban

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art, culture, EMP Museum, horror, museum, music, Nirvana, photography, Seattle, Travel, Washington

Teen spirit

Another great attraction in Seattle is the EMP Museum, which focuses on popular art and music.
The museum, housed in a building designed by Frank Gehry, covers topics spanning modern music and popular culture.
The photo above is in the first display in an exhibit on the emergence of punk and grunge, focusing on Nirvana. The guitar is a Mosrite Gospel, played by Kurt Cobain during the Seattle show in which the song Smells Like Teen Spirit was performed publicly for the first time.
Other parts of the exhibit include such seminal artifacts as Nirvana’s first demo tape and the original photo that would become the cover art for Nevermind.
It’s a fascinating journey through the first days of the Pacific Northwest punk/grunge scene, all the way through its popularization and its acceptance by mainstream media.
Nearby are a historical guitar gallery and an exhibit on Jimi Hendrix.
Elsewhere in the museum are exhibits on horror movies, science fiction and the art of video games, the museum’s newest installation, whose opening I missed due to timing, unfortunately.
If you’re in Seattle for a visit (and especially if you call Seattle home), do make time for this museum.

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