Val Maloney

Global unveils fall premiere dates
Corus Entertainment fills out its premier week with new ventures from Jeremy Piven, Anne Heche and Andrea Martin.

Spotted! RBC brought a rink to the golfing green
The title sponsor of the Canadian Open brought some Canadiana to the seventh hole.

Canadian Broadcast Sales names new president
The longtime Corus SVP Gerry MacKrell will join the radio sales company in September.

Twitter ad revenue drops in Q2
The social media company saw year-over-year user gains, but plateauing numbers from Q1.

Toronto Raptors sign with Horizons ETFs Management
Customer research moves the company away from golf sponsorships.

Facebook ad revenue jumps in Q2
The social media company posted higher daily active users and monthly active users year-over-year.

Yellow Pages CEO exits, CFO named interim lead
Ken Taylor is taking over the post as the company announces it expects to fall short of its digital revenue goals for 2017.

Discovery scores with shark swim-off
Sunday night’s Phelps vs. Shark was the highest-rated Shark Week program for the past three years.

Pelmorex rebrands, names new CEO
Former Google Canada managing director Sam Sebastian joins as Pelmorex shifts towards an information networks data solutions business.

The most-liked ad formats are the most ignorable
According to a small survey from the Havas Asks Canada series, people are more likely to enjoy ad formats they can ignore.

Toyota’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it ad
The Association of Quebec Toyota Dealers is playing with YouTube’s the “skip ad” button in its new super-short ad.

Corus announces return of Big Brother Canada
The show will return to Global during the 2018 broadcast season.

Local ad sales drop on private radio: StatsCan
Overall operating revenues on private radio also dropped for the third straight year in 2016.

Cue Digital Media hires Quebec sales lead
The company has hired Oliver Ceballos as director of sales and added an overall business development lead.

Snapchat and Pepsi team up for big Canadian campaign
The beverage company is targeting millennials by releasing 20 exclusive Snapchat Lenses on its products.