CBC host Evan Solomon fired after Star investigation finds he took secret cut of art deals.
《星报》声称CBC著名主持人埃文所罗门(Evan Solomon)违规担任艺术品交易掮客,遭CBC解雇。
CBC journalist facilitated sales of art to wealthy Canadians he dealt with in his job — including one buyer who had no idea Solomon was collecting a commission.
CBC新闻记者向其采访对象加拿大富豪促成艺术品交易,且在买方不知情的情形下收取佣金。
CBC has fired marquee host Evan Solomon after the Star reported that he was taking secret commission payments related to art sales involving people he dealt with as a host.
《星报》报道,CBC荧屏主持埃文所罗门涉嫌对其采访对象进行艺术交易,并从中收取秘密佣金。目前,CBC已将其解雇。
“I regret to inform you that CBC News has ended its relationship with Evan Solomon,” executive Jennifer McGuire said in a brief statement issued late Tuesday, a day after the Star presented the findings of its investigation to the network.
《星报》在网上公布其调查结果一天后,CBC行政主管Jennifer McGuire在周二晚些时候发布的简短声明中宣布,“我很遗憾的通知大家,CBC已结束与埃文所罗门的关系”。
Solomon, 47, was the Ottawa-based host of Power and Politics on television and The House on CBC radio, and had been one of the people touted to replace Peter Mansbridge on The National when the veteran newsman retires.
所罗门曾是渥太华电视政论节目权利与政治(Power and Politics)主持人,此外,他还主持CBC广播电台The House节目。外界曾预期,在CBC主播曼斯布里奇(Peter Mansbridge)退休时,现年47岁的所罗门将是接任CBC主播的不二人选。
The Star found Solomon had been brokering the sale of paintings and masks owned by a flamboyant Toronto-area art collector to rich and famous buyers. Solomon, in at least one case, took commissions in excess of $300,000 for several pieces of art and did not disclose to the buyer that he was being paid fees for introducing buyer and seller.
《星报》报道,所罗门为一位多伦多富豪艺术品收藏家担任掮客,将一批油画及面具卖给一些富豪、名人。所罗门仅在其中一项交易中,就获取超过30万美元的佣金,但买主并不知情。
The CBC had taken Solomon off the air Monday pending an investigation “over the next couple of days.” That move came after the Star presented the CBC with the results of its probe of Solomon.
CBC在“接下来几天”的调查期间,已于周一暂停所罗门主持节目。在得知《星报》提供的调查结果后,将所罗门解雇。
The network severed its relationship with Solomon on Tuesday without further explanation. McGuire, general manager and editor in chief of CBC News and Centres, said in the statement that the network would “be making announcements about the interim hosting of these programs in the next few days.”
CBC于周二在网上公布结束与所罗门之间的关系,并未做进一步说明。CBC新闻部主管兼主编McGuire在声明中称,“媒体将在今后几天里宣布节目的临时主持人。”
Among the people to whom Solomon has brokered the sale of paintings are Jim Balsillie, co-founder of Research In Motion (now BlackBerry) and Mark Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor and current governor of the Bank of England.
所罗门担任艺术品掮客牵涉到的人员包括:原黑莓公司共同创办人贝斯利及原加拿大央行行长,现任英格兰银行行长卡尼。