Daniel Andrèa Iannuzzi,"Corriere Canadese founder dead at 70; 'A giant in the field of Canadian media' PM Newspaper founder dies suddenly in Italy," ''

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'', November 22, 2004, p. A16. (February 24, 1934 – November 20, 2004) was a

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entrepreneur, journalist, and broadcaster. A third generation

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, Iannuzzi was born in

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. At the age of 18 he enrolled with the

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, and two years later, in 1954, he moved to

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. Here, together with Arturo Scotti, he founded the Italian-Canadian newspaper ''

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'', a daily publication serving the Italian-Canadian community, on 2 June 1954 (

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). The publication is distributed exclusively in

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and

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. He produced multilingual TV programs for Toronto's

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from 1972 to 1979 and in 1979, he launched the world's first multilingual television station, CFMT-TV (today OMNI 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 the League 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 the EXPO ’86 Award 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 the

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. In 1990, he was made a Member of the

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for being "a pioneer in multicultural communications and a significant contributor to Toronto's Italian community". He was also a Knight Commander in the

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. 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) *''Tandem'' magazine (English language newspaper for the children of Italian immigrants) *''Correo Canadiense'' (Spanish language) * ''O Correio Canadiano Nove Ilhas'' (Portuguese language) * ''Insieme'' (Italian language) He died in Rome while on a business trip following a

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* 1934 births 2004 deaths Canadian newspaper publishers (people) Canadian people of Italian descent Members of the Order of Canada Members of the Order of Ontario {{Canada-business-bio-stub