People Moves
La Presse nabs former Torstar director to lead Toronto operations
Media executive Sam Bevacqua will assemble and lead a Toronto team to develop more personalized business for the company away from Montreal HQ.
Ivan Pehar moves to Spotify from Twitter Canada
The company has gradually expanded its presence in the Canadian market, making more ad products available to Canadian brands.
ICYMI: Curling Canada slides into 2019, Instagram asks your age
Plus, Globe and Mail columnist Denise Balkissoon steps into executive editor role at Chatelaine.
Quebecor bolsters digital ad team
The promotion of Jean B. Péladeau and Hugo Dallaire a preparatory step as the company expands programmatically, including in OOH.
IAB Canada names new board of directors
The Globe and Mail’s Andrew Saunders will chair the board, and leaders of specialty councils and committees have also been selected.
People Moves: M32 Connect, CBC and more
Plus, IndexExchange’s former comms lead has created her own consultancy and Mindshare hires a new account manager.
Dentsu Aegis Network sees senior shuffle at Vizeum
Genevieve Guay will oversee the agency following the exit of Adrian Capobianco.
ICYMI: Hasbro/eOne deal under a microscope
Plus, CBC North reverses a controversial radio decision, Rogers Ignite adds Prime Video and more.
Trudeau appoints rookie Quebec MP as heritage minister
Steven Guilbeault, elected for the first time Oct. 21 inherits the portfolio from fellow Quebec MP, Pablo Rodriguez.
Scott Stewart moves to Postmedia
The agency veteran has accepted his first sell-side role, and will focus on helping to usher Postmedia into a new digital era.
GroupM shuffles at the top, makes changes to [m]Platform
After one month on the job, CEO Christian Juhl has instated a refreshed C-suite team.
People Moves: Horizon, Zoomer and Viral Nation
Plus, the Ottawa Citizen‘s newsroom gets a new leader.
Rory Capern departs Pelmorex
Former Twitter and Google exec leaves after two years with the Oakville-based weather media company.
ICYMI: Twitter bans political advertising, Narcity expands stateside
Plus, Blue Ant brings on former Nat Geo exec and the Food Network gets into the holiday spirit.
Donald Lizotte to take the reins at CBC Media Solutions
The longtime media veteran will hop from Quebecor to CBC, officially replacing longtime CRO Jean Mongeau.
