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Keith Clarkson of Telefilm Canada will be temporarily relocating to the agency’s Halifax office from Toronto for one year as business unit director. His replacement in T.O. will be Agnes Zak. The Capital Hill Group’s Kim Doran and David Dyer have been retained by Access Copyright as federal lobbyists in the upcoming review of the Copyright Act. Access Copyright is a not-for-profit agency established in 1988 by publishers and creators to license public access to copyright works. Aurora ON-based Magna Entertainment Corp. has named Paul Micucci as executive VP of the company’s gaming division. Micucci has served as VP, Slots at Racetracks, development and operations of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. for the past several years. Previously, he was CFO at the Ontario Casino Corp. Stéphan Bureau has been replaced as anchor on Le Téléjournal, Radio-Canada’s 10 p.m. newscast, by Gilles Gougeon, formerly host of the network’s consumer affairs program La Facture. Bureau is going to work on a multimedia Internet TV program he’s developing with Le Groupe Rozon, the company behind the Just for Laughs festival. Michael Starzynski has been appointed chief technology officer of CryptoLogic Inc. Starzynski has served in senior technology roles with organizations including Financial Models Co., CGI Canada and a 13-year career at Bell Canada. TVOntario chair and CEO Isabel Bassett will take an unpaid leave of absence from her position during the provincial election campaign. Her partner is premier Ernie Eves. Garry Neil has re-registered as a lobbyist for the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA). He will lobby with regard to the Canadian Television Fund and the Canada Feature Film Fund. He has also registered as a lobbyist for the Institute of Communications and Advertising to deal with government procurement of advertising services, and the tax credits for film and video productions.

CNM People

Broadcast | April 3, 2003

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