– Wow…
– Jean-Charles Lajoie plays the leading role in a play….
– Or rather…
– JIC is the number one inspiration…
– Salle de nouvelles is a theatrical adaptation of the 1976 film Network by Sidney Lumet. tells us the journalist from La Presse, Jean Siag.
– UBS newscaster Howard Beale learns he’s been fired after 25 years because his ratings are abysmal…
– Desperate, he announces that he will be leaving this world live in the following week.
“It should boost ratings,” he says…
“Well, that’s exactly what’s happening. After Howard Beale went back on the air the next day – ostensibly to set the record straight – he denounced the bullshit of life that we foolishly accept. And the ratings are exploding! (La Presse)
The channel’s directors then decide to exploit this gold nugget, even if it violates a basic rule: never become a topic of news…
Which Howard Beale likes to do. But those responsible for the station justify the journalist’s freak show: “He manages to express the anger of a people with words … He is a new prophet!” »
– It really seems like we’re talking about Jean-Charles Lajoie.
Jean-Charles Lajoie’s return to BPM Sports last season did not have the expected impact on ratings. In spring 2023, the station achieved a market share of 0.5 in the morning station in the Numeris surveys. writes journalist Katherine Harvey-Pinard, sister of Raphaël.
“For men aged 25-54, the preferred target group for sports content, the proportions fell from 1.8 in spring 2022 to 0.9 in spring 2023,” adds the journalist.
– Which explains his dismissal…
– And that explains why Jean-Charles Lajoie is preparing a BOMB for his return to TVA Sports…
– He has to do a play…
– Like in this piece, perfectly described by press journalist Jean Siag.
As Howard Beale, Denis Bernard is simply brilliant. From a slightly snoring newscaster, he transforms into a true showman who is exploited at the expense of his sanity. The success of the play, which opened at Le Trident Theater in Quebec City in 2021, rests largely on his shoulders.
– Jean-Charles Lajoie also has to transform himself into a showman…to increase the ratings…
– It looks like the article is attacking blogs and new web media that have destroyed traditional media.
– Like Lajoie does every day.
In short, in the News Room, the media generally thinks it’s cold, as they say… The absolute pursuit of ratings, clicks, market share, or readership, you name it, is an annoying but stubborn reality, and for a long time. adds the journalist.
– Lajoie will have to adapt to the new media world.
– Like the law of the jungle…
– You adapt… or you disappear…
– That’s life…
– Saga follows…