Toronto Star Says "Diverse voices are lost with big media mergers"

Several major media mergers are threatening to make the Canadian media scene an even more concentrated affair.

A few examples: CTVglobemedia has inhaled CHUM (with Rogers taking the spoils), Alliance Atlantis is on the brink of becoming a part of CanWest and Quebecor Media is poised to take over Osprey Media.

In June 2006, the report on the Canadian news media by the standing Senate committee on transport and communications concluded that there are "areas where the concentration of ownership has reached levels that few other countries would consider acceptable." Canadians agree.