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Podcast listening fuelled by sharing: Canadian Podcast Listener

With podcasters competing for their share of the audio space in an increasingly crowded landscape (there are now 700,000 podcasts available worldwide), findings from...

Nielsen to add 200 new Canadian stations to BDSradio metrics platform

Nielsen Music has extended its relationship with SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) to remain the exclusive provider of detailed...

Fitzroy Gordon, founder of G98.7 Toronto, dead at 65

Fitzroy Gordon, the founder and CEO of G98.7 (CKFG-FM) Toronto, who is credited with bringing radio reflective of the city's Caribbean community to the...

Rogers acquires podcast company Pacific Content

Rogers has announced it's acquiring Vancouver-based branded podcast company Pacific Content. Launched in 2015 by co-founders Steve Pratt, Chris Boyce, and Jennifer Ouano, who are...

Hockey journalist Jason Botchford dead at 48

Well-respected Vancouver hockey writer and TSN 1040 (CKST-AM) contributor Jason Botchford has passed away unexpectedly. He was 48. Botchford's family issued a statement Wednesday revealing...

Tech giant Hootsuite cuts dozens of staff in Vancouver

Hootsuite has laid off dozens of staff in Vancouver. The social media and marketing management company declined to reveal the exact number of staff let...

Writers behind Schitt’s Creek, Cardinal, among winners at WGC Screenwriting Awards

The screenwriters behind Canadian series Schitt's Creek and Cardinal: Blackfly Season were among those who picked up hardware at Monday night's WGC Screenwriting Awards...

Nabil Karim headed to ESPN

Nabil Karim is trading Sportscentre for Sportscenter. The former TSN anchor and reporter has revealed on social media that he's joining ESPN. "It may take a...

Bell slaps Quebecor with $150M lawsuit

In the latest development in the Bell v. Group TVA carriage dispute saga, Bell has slapped Quebecor with a $150 million lawsuit over its...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Bryan Press, NABS Canada

Since 1983, NABS Canada, the National Advertising Benevolent Society, has quietly been working behind the scenes as a support system for media, marketing and...

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