Evan Solomon (born April 20, 1968) is a Canadian columnist, political journalist, radio host, and publisher. Until 2022, he was the host of The Evan Solomon Show on Toronto-area talk radio station CFRB,[1] and a writer for Maclean's magazine. He was the host of CTV's national political news programs Power Play and Question Period.[2]
Evan Solomon | |
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| Born | April 20, 1968 |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Occupation(s) | Publisher, broadcaster |
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In October 2022, he moved to New York City to accept a position with the Eurasia Group as publisher of GZERO Media.[3] Solomon continues with CTV News as a "special correspondent" reporting on Canadian politics and global affairs."[3]
Life and career
editSolomon was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Virginia, an urban planner, and Carl Solomon, a lawyer.[4] He graduated from high school at Crescent School in Toronto, Ontario. He then graduated from McGill University in English literature and religious studies.
In 1992, Solomon co-founded Shift with Andrew Heintzman. Originally an arts and culture magazine, Shift evolved to focus particularly on technology and Internet culture. Solomon left the magazine in 1999 to promote his first novel, Crossing the Distance. Solomon has also worked as a broadcaster, hosting the series The Changemakers, FutureWorld and Hot Type for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2004, Solomon worked as co-editor, with Heintzman, on Fueling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy is Changing Everything. He was the co-anchor with Carole MacNeil of CBC News: Sunday and CBC News: Sunday Night from 2004 to 2009.[5]
In 2009, Solomon was chosen to host the political discussion show Power & Politics on CBC News Network[6] and CBC Radio One's weekly political affairs series The House.[7]
On June 9, 2015, Solomon was fired from CBC after the Toronto Star reported that he allegedly took secret commissions for brokering art sales of items owned by his friend and art collector Bruce Bailey to people he was connected to through his CBC position.[8][9] It was reported that Solomon pocketed $300,000 from commissions from these sales.[10]
In August 2015, Sirius XM Canada announced that it had hired Solomon to host a political talk show, Everything Is Political, on its Canada Talks channel during the 2015 election. Solomon also wrote a column for Maclean's magazine for the duration of the election campaign.[11]
In 2016, Solomon announced that he was joining the Ottawa-area talk radio station CFRA.[12][13]
From 2016 to 2022, he was the host of CTV's political affairs program Question Period and was also a substitute anchor for CTV National News.[14]
In September 2017, Solomon joined CFRB in Toronto for a new national talk radio program, The Evan Solomon Show, that aired on Bell Media radio stations nationally until Solomon's departure in October 2022.[1]
In 2022, Solomon joined GZERO Media as publisher. The global affairs news site is a subsidiary of political risk analysis firm Eurasia Group, founded and run by renowned geopolitical scientist and author Ian Bremmer. [15]
Solomon continues to serve as a political and global affairs correspondent for CTV.
Personal life
editSolomon is married to Tammy Quinn. The couple have two children.[16][17]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bell Media Radio Launches New National Talk Radio Program THE EVAN SOLOMON SHOW Beginning September 5". CTV News. August 30, 2017.
- ^ Wong, Tony (June 21, 2016). "Evan Solomon returning to TV as host of CTV's 'Question Period'". Toronto Star. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- ^ a b "Evan Solomon exits CTV's 'Power Play' for a publishing role at digital media company". CityNews. Canadian Press. October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ Bredin, Simon (April 7, 2015). "The Inside Man". Ryerson Review of Journalism. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ^ Dixon, Guy (June 15, 2009). "Major changes ahead at CBC News". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ^ Dixon, Guy (July 16, 2009). "Solomon to host new News". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ^ "CBC Radio One Appoints New Host for 'The House'". Broadcaster. Business Information Group. September 8, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ^ Donovan, Kevin (June 9, 2015). "CBC host Evan Solomon fired after Star investigation finds he took secret cut of art deals". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ "CBC host Evan Solomon fired after Star investigation finds he took secret cut of art deals | The Star". thestar.com. June 9, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ June 10, 2015, Bruce Livesey (June 10, 2015). "Why was Evan Solomon fired and not Amanda Lang?". National Observer. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ DeMara, Bruce (August 5, 2015). "Evan Solomon lands new politics program on radio". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Ottawa Now with Evan Solomon". 580 CFRA News Talk Radio. Bell Media Radio. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ^ Bateman, David (January 5, 2016). "Rosemary Barton succeeds Evan Solomon as host of CBC's Power & Politics". Toronto Star. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
Solomon also announced a recent career change — the former Power and Politics host will be working for local Ottawa radio station CFRA
- ^ "Evan Solomon to host CTV's 'Question Period'". The Canadian Press. June 21, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2019 – via CTV News.
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (October 3, 2022). "Evan Solomon joins GZERO Media as publisher". Broadcast Dialogue.
- ^ Phillips, Caroline (September 15, 2013). "VIP reception adds to Lumière Gala lustre". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ^ Solomon, Evan (November 8, 2015). "What China's one-child policy meant for my family". Maclean's. Retrieved December 21, 2015.