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Signal Hill promotes Paul Riismandel to president
Jeff Vidler will continue as founder and strategic advisor of the podcast research company.

Popular podcast “Call Her Daddy” moves to SiriusXM
The audio company also gains exclusive advertising sales rights to Unwell Network’s roster of pods.

TikTok adds group chat to its platform
The new feature comes with certain safety restrictions for younger users.

Instacart expands its ad capabilities in Canada
Danone is the first company to test out the new suite of display ads.

Dove’s new search tool better reflects the diversity of beauty
Pinterest users can create a video of a their “Real Beauty DNA” using the tool.

Magellan AI adds cookieless identifiers
The addition of UID 2.0 and ID5 aims to future-proof podcasting and help it compete across mediums.

Rogers reports 7% increase in media revenue for Q2
Rogers Communications saw an overall revenue increase of 1% for the quarter, coming to $5.09 billion.

ThinkTV update shows continued strength of television
The combination of linear and broadcaster streaming services still dominates across all age demos in Ontario and Quebec.

Following Wildfire ad campaign launches with broad media support
Partners supporting the campaign include Bell Media, CBC, PostMedia, and Spotify.

Cannes 2024: Dentsu and SkipTheDishes pick up Media Gold Lion
“Inflation Cookbook,” which helped families make healthy meals with on-sale grocery items, touted as the future of what media looks like by judges.

Reddit re-introduces Conversation ad format
The platform is launching a revamped ad format to show how context and conversations go hand in hand.

Narcity is opening up to investors
The cash infusion is set to help NMG fuel the development of technology such as Milla, a savings and rewards cashback program soon to launch.

The Nation Network cue video podcast with former Sportsnet hosts
Will Lou and Alex Wong are launching a new source for all things Canadian basketball.