Dan Iannuzzi
Daniel Andrèa Iannuzzi,[1]CMOOnt(February 24, 1934 – November 20, 2004) was aCanadianentrepreneur, journalist, and broadcaster.
A third generationItalian Canadian,Iannuzzi was born inMontreal.At the age of 18 he enrolled with theCanadian Grenadier Guards,and two years later, in 1954, he moved toToronto.Here, together with Arturo Scotti, he founded the Italian-Canadian newspaperCorriere Canadese,a daily publication serving the Italian-Canadian community, on 2 June 1954 (Republic Day). The publication is distributed exclusively inOntarioandQuebec.[2]He produced multilingual TV programs for Toronto'sCitytvfrom 1972 to 1979 and in 1979, he launched the world's first multilingual television station,CFMT-TV(todayOMNI 1), initially broadcasting in 24 languages. For ten years, Dan Iannuzzi served as President and Executive Producer for the station.
In 1977 he was given the Canadian Family Man Award from theLeague of Human Rights.In 1979, he was awarded the City of Toronto Achievement Award and the Ontario Bicentennial Medal in 1984. He was nominated at theEXPO ’86Award for Excellence and Contribution in pioneering multicultural communications. In 1987 he was named "Man of the Year" by the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association. In 1989, he was admitted into theOrder of Ontario.In 1990, he was made a Member of theOrder of Canadafor being "a pioneer in multicultural communications and a significant contributor to Toronto's Italian community".[3]He was also a Knight Commander in theOrder of Malta.[4]
Through his ownership of Multimedia Nova Corporation he owned and published the following community newspapers throughout the Greater Toronto Area and in Quebec:
- Town Crier Community Newspapers
- Corriere Canadese(Italian language)
- Tandemmagazine (English language newspaper for the children of Italian immigrants)
- Correo Canadiense(Spanish language)
- O Correio Canadiano Nove Ilhas(Portuguese language)
- Insieme(Italian language)[5]
He died in Rome while on a business trip following acardiac arrest.[1]
References
[edit]- "The Life and Work of DAN IANNUZZI".Archived fromthe originalon May 4, 2006.RetrievedJanuary 2,2006.
- ^ab"Corriere Canadese founder dead at 70; 'A giant in the field of Canadian media' PM Newspaper founder dies suddenly in Italy,"Toronto Star,November 22, 2004, p. A16.
- ^"Corriere.com - Corriere Canadese Online".2011-10-08. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-10-08.Retrieved2019-09-23.
- ^Order of Canada citation
- ^"In Memoriam".2006-05-04. Archived fromthe originalon 2006-05-04.Retrieved2019-09-23.
- ^"Town Crier publisher dies at age 70".Multimedia Nova Corporation.Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-06.Retrieved2008-08-10.
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