
Can you hear me now? Smart speakers in Canada
Audience Insights looks at the rise of smart speakers, which brands are most popular and what hurdles lie ahead.

GroupM ushers in a new global exec
WPP’s media investment arm has tapped a longtime researcher for the new position.

The Good Doctor takes the top: Numeris
Fellow medical drama New Amsterdam was not far behind.

CTV sets phase two of midseason, expands The Launch
Plus, World of Dance and Station 19 return to midseason.

Ad growth steady for Google in Q4
Meanwhile, the company’s hardware and cloud services are pulling in significantly more money than last year.

Sunwing reroutes to the top: Media Monitors
Travel services continued to play well in both Toronto and Montreal.

Super Bowl views continue to trend down
Ratings have fallen by more than 41% since 2016.

Touche on top, Havas on the rise: RECMA
This year’s top four agencies was almost completely flipped from last year’s list.

Spotify gets more granular with targeting
Spotify Ad Studio can now target listeners based on behavioural activity.

Civilized to produce broadcast, digital content for the canna-curious
Partnership will develop cannabis-inspired culture and lifestyle programming for broadcast and digital media platforms

How media consumption trends coast-to-coast
Atlantic Canadians love their TV, while Torontonians are more into mobile novelties.

Vice layoffs begin
Approximately 10% of the workforce will be shed, according to reports.

What’s in store for digital outside the duopoly?
As legacy media companies and digital publishers struggle to keep up, a new report by Polar shows it could only get worse.