Val Maloney

The Star’s universal app touches down
VP of advertising Carolyn Sadler on the ad units and potential of the app, which replaced the now defunct Star Touch.

Kraft Heinz Project Play returns for year nine
Kraft Heinz’s Joanna Milroy on how consumer behaviour shifted the program’s promotional timing.

Joe Strolz moves to Snap Inc.
The AOL executive is now leading Canadian operations at Snapchat’s parent company.

Snap Publisher opens up to everyone
The ad creation tool had previously only been tested by a handful of small businesses.

CBC to ride with Calgary Stampede through 2019
The pubcaster has announced a two-year rights extension with the annual event.

Rick Campanelli out at ET Canada
Things are changing at the Corus show as three founding on-air personalities are leaving ahead of its 13th season.

Sortable opens Toronto office
The automated ad ops company has hired Jennifer Lee Fields and Lila Hunt as the first two staff in the city.

ICYMI: New detective drama on Bravo, plus Iris OOH winners
In case you missed it: Bell Media has announced a new detective drama on Bravo, OMAC has named its latest IRIS winners and

Vancouver Magazine hits 50 on stable footing
The Yellow Pages-owned title wears its age well, but an aging readership and digital competitors present a challenge.

People Moves: Reshift, Kijiji and more
Dean Perry is at Reshift Media, a new national account exec at Kijiji and more moves from the week.

Postmedia rebrands its integrated advertising online hub
The media company has updated and renamed its online home, bringing all of its ad products together under one roof.

Your MIAs deadline is tomorrow!
Campaigns not submitted by the end of the day tomorrow will be subject to late fees.

Audit shows OOH data remains consistently accurate
COMB’s third annual audit reports accuracy of companies’ data remains exceptional high.

McDonald’s amps up year two of fry day celebrations
#NationalFrenchFryDay is going after millennials, and putting Periscope on the big OOH screen to do it.