Evan Solomon has held down several jobs at the CBC over the past decade. He recently wrapped up duties as co-host of the now defunct CBC Sunday. It was previously announced by the CBC he would be staying on at the Corporation in a “to be announced role.” Now, word from within parts of the CBC say, Evan Solomon will be taking the reigns of an “economics and politics news show” on Newsworld in the fall. But, as always, the CBC won’t play along and officially confirm what my sources tell me.
When emailed, the always affable CBC spokesperson, Jeff Keay, says:
“We expect to make some announcements shortly. When we do, I’ll be sure
to let you know. Politics isn’t being cancelled. Never was. My source [is] better than
yours!”
So, what does all this mean? Like Kremlinologists of old, I can only put together the pieces as I see them from the outside. Here is what I think we can read from this: The re-branding of the five o’clock Newsworld hour will involve Solomon. It will place a bigger focus on business/money/economics and may or may not be called “Politics.”
A bit more on Evan Soloman
Solomon has worked in the Canadian media for over twenty years and as the founder and publisher of Shift Magazine, Solomon was on the leading edge of reporting on the Internet communications era. His previous shows with the CBC included: Hot Type, FutureWorld, and the award-winning series ChangeMakers; all pushed boundaries in their own way at the CBC. In a candid interview with January Magazine in 1999 Soloman admitted “no sleep” in his twenties as he helmed the now shuttered Shift magazine and juggled television hosting duties.
“I never slept in my 20′s. I really didn’t. I remember for years I did the magazine full time and I hosted FutureWorld. We recorded on weekends in the first year: 48 shows, Saturdays and Sundays. I’d work at Shift. Then I was coming home and writing.”
Asked in 2003 by Paula Kirman of Suite101.com about his goals, Solomon responded:
“To me, it’s all about telling stories. If I can just continue telling stories in whatever way: fiction, television. I see myself as a storyteller, not as a fiction writer or journalist. That’s my job; the whole endeavor is to contribute to society from a storytelling point of view, to tell better stories.”
