Dan Iannuzzi
Male, Deceased Person
1934 – 2004
Who was Dan Iannuzzi?
Daniel Andrèa Iannuzzi, CM OOnt was a Canadian entrepreneur, journalist, and broadcaster.
A third generation Italian Canadian, Iannuzzi was born in Montreal. He moved to Toronto in 1954 and founded the Italian-Canadian newspaper Corriere Canadese. He produced multilingual TV programs for Toronto's Citytv from 1972 to 1979 and in 1979, he launched the world's first multilingual television station, CFMT-TV, initially broadcasting in 24 languages.
In 1989, he was awarded the Order of Ontario. In 1990, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for being "a pioneer in multicultural communications and a significant contributor to Toronto's Italian community".
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
Tandem magazine
Correo Canadiense
O Correio Canadiano Nove Ilhas
Insieme
He died in Rome following a cardiac arrest.
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