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SiriusXM to acquire Pandora for $3.5B

SiriusXM will acquire music streaming service Pandora in an all-stock transaction valued at $3.5 billion U.S. The subscription satellite radio service says its acquisition of...

Canadian series challenging health trends set for Netflix premiere this month

A User's Guide to Cheating Death, a Canadian docuseries challenging health trends from laser fillers to holistic medicine, is set to premiere on Netflix...

Former ZoomerMedia, Rogers exec George Grant dies

Former ZoomerMedia and Rogers executive George Grant has died at age 76. Grant passed away Monday, Sept. 17 at Toronto General Hospital as a result...

Fired morning man Dave Wheeler suing Rogers for $1.4M

Dave Wheeler, the former 92 CITI FM Winnipeg morning man fired by Rogers in July after controversial on-air comments about transgender people, is suing the...

Vic Sarin to receive 2018 DGC Lifetime Achievement Award

Vic Sarin will be honoured with this year's Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) Lifetime Achievement Award. The Indian-born Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter is...

Torstar poised to acquire digital news site iPolitics

Torstar Corporation has announced that through one of its subsidiaries, it has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of iPolitics Inc., the Ottawa-based online...

Rogers to build 5G testbed on UBC campus

Rogers and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have announced a three year, multi-million dollar partnership to build a real-world 5G Hub on campus that will...

Sophie Dupuis’ Chien de garde to represent Canada in Oscars race

Telefilm has announced that director Sophie Dupuis' Chien de garde will represent Canada in the race for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, to be held...

Corus Radio continues podcast to broadcast trend

Corus Radio is continuing the podcast to broadcast trend, announcing this week that its Curiouscast podcast network is partnering with Night Time, a Halifax-based...

Brother-sister duo to take over 102.1 the Edge mornings

102.1 the Edge (CFNY-FM) has revealed that brother-sister duo Ruby and Alex Carr will become the permanent hosts of the station’s morning show, beginning Jan. 2019. In what...

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