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Amber MacArthur from Citytv’s Webnation V2 abruptly left the Canadian television network after her show was canceled earlier today.

She sent this email to her fellow Roger’s colleagues to announce the news
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Hi everyone,

Today was my last day at Citytv (was a surprise to me too!). I just found out this afternoon that Rogers has pulled the plug on our show, Webnation V2, because they do not have the budget or commitment to see it through. It’s been a wild ride. Since hosting tech and web shows is what I do, naturally there is no home for me at Citytv.

Thank you to Andrew, Brian, Chris, Sheldon, Dan, Jason, Vik, and everyone else who knew the show was a success and who believe in the future of new media news (ironically, we just found out that we won the Top New Podcast Award for 2007 on iTunes). Go team.

Much thanks as well to the CNI gang and to everyone else in the newsroom who kept me sane over the past year and a half. Also, since everyone forgets the camera department, a big shout-out to you boys and girl!

As for my next steps, I will find a new home for the show and keep on reporting on the ever-changing web-front.

See you online.

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I guess this is a perfect opportunity for Revision3 to snatch up yet another TechTV alum into their burgeoning online media network.

Still looking for that Hulu invite? They decided to offer 2500 public invites through selected blogs. Get them while you can. They are going fast…

TechCrunch – Already ran out
GigaOm – 1766 left as of posting
ReadWriteWeb – 2207 left as of posting
Ars Technica – All 2500 still available as of posting

The above list ranks the mega bloggers in order of douchbaggy-ness.

Update: Mashable also was graced with their very own 2500 invites.

Anyone listened to the latest TWIT? I know, I know, who the hell listens to this circle jerk podcast anymore… I was desperate! OK?! It was at least comical when Web 2.0 douchbag Jason Calacanis called those trippy distorted letters on registration pages ‘CATCH-PA’s. Skip to 8:24 to hear the Sequoia Capital golden boy create podcasting history.

BTW, the guys at the online backup startup Mozy can’t be too thrill neither when the Bulldog referred to them as ‘Moxy’. (Skip to 45:30).

Every once in awhile I get one of those Emails proposing some kind of gasoline boycott day when we are suppose to stay away from the pump. I guess its well and good and god knows how well these propositions do against the rising oil prices. All it seems to do is for the gas stations to offset the sales of gasoline to the days prior and after. If not enough people participate in this campaign, the financial impact is likely undetectable by the oil companies.

I was just thinking the other day while driving on the freeway. If we could get a small percentage of the drivers to just follow the speed limit for a day, it would probably make a much bigger impact. Imagine 1 of every 20 cars on the freeway driving 55 mph. It would probably slow the entire flow of traffic down to a much more fuel efficient speed and create a noticeable drop in gas consumption. This effect wouldn’t just cause people to shift their gas purchases to another day but actually decrease the demand for the days surrounding it. As long as the assholes on the streets can manage their road rage for a day then we might have something worth thinking about…