The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition Bell Media's president has apologized for intervening in CTV's news coverage of a regulatory decision on the television industry. The Globe's James Bradshaw writes Kevin Crull released his apology last night, hours after Bell, which owns CTV, received a stinging rebuke from the head of the broadcast regulator, Jean-Pierre Blais, who called Mr. Crull's actions "disturbing." Mr. Crull became angry with the CRTC's so-called pick-and-pay decision last week. Mr. Crull reportedly directed senior news staff at CTV to exclude Mr. Blais from coverage of the story on Bell-owned networks. Sources said some CTV staff feared for their jobs as a result, including Wendy Freeman, president of CTV News. In his statement, Mr. Crull said he reached out to CTV's news leaders to express his regret and he also sent a personal apology to all CTV News staff. Mr. Crull did not apologize to Mr. Blais, who said in his own statement: "An informed citizenry cannot be sacrificed for a company's commercial interests. Canadians can only wonder how many times corporate interests may have been placed ahead of the fair and balanced news reporting they expect from their broadcasting system."