
Strategy’s Media Agency of the Year jury announced
Strategy magazine’s second annual juried MAOY competition jury is made up of 12 marketers, media directors and media sellers from across the country who will select the winners, announced at strategy‘s Agency of the Year show on Oct. 29, in Toronto.

Westminster Savings Credit Union selects new AOR and MAOR
Taxi Vancouver and Taylor Made Media are now representing the credit union on brand strategy, planning and marketing communications.

Canwest to bow five new Canadian series
Lowe’s will be sponsoring and playing a role in HGTV’s new offering.

The Ex is the new top spender: Media Monitors radio rankings Aug. 10 – Aug. 16, 2009
AlarmForce holds down the top spot in Montreal.

CBC raises parenting website
The pubcaster offers parents a resource to explore kids’ media and advertisers a way to target parents.

Vaughan Mills Style Agents web series not-so-secret mission
Online-only campaign targets niche fashionista demo where they live.

iPhone app streams pubcaster content
Streaming audio from radio and TV follows breaking news app for Blackberries.

Cadbury sweetens its social responsibility
Launching today, the One For Me, One For You contest combines the act of getting with giving to charity.

Burger King’s angry, but in a good way
The QSR brand launches a new campaign to reintroduce the Angry Whopper to Canadians.

SYTYCD goes out with a bang – BBM/Nielsen Top 30: August 3 -Aug 9, 2009
SYTYCD finale performance show takes second place to the results show lock on biggest eyeball draw.

PHD Canada writes the book on the future of media shops
And follows its own advice when promoting Media Agency 2014, the new manifesto by PHD’s international team which is launching in Canada this week with some rather futuristic promotions.

Questions abound over gambit to save CHEK
How will the Victoria station handle programming and ad sales if the staff manages to buy it from Canwest? What about the CRTC?

SunTV gets one-year renewal
Toronto station sees local requirements raised, ethnic programming cut.

VisionTV shortlists three dramedies
New Cancon concepts have a chance to move into development this October.

Bud Light Lime pours out party playlists
Consumers are asked to vote for their favourite summer tracks from a narrowed down litter of 19 chosen by Facebook fans. More than 100,000 of the playlists will then be given out through the month, starting Aug. 24.