Insight Productions, the production company behind The Amazing Race Canada, Battle of the Blades and Big Brother Canada, has announced a series of internal promotions that see Top Chef Canada showrunner Eric Abboud appointed Senior Vice President. Announced Tuesday by CEO and Chair John Brunton,...

Podcasts are now reaching 39% of Canadians, a three-point year-over-year increase, according to the 2025 Canadian Podcast Trends Report from Triton Digital. The report, released last week, analyzed listener behaviour from April 2024 through March 2025, incorporating findings from the Canadian Podcast Listener study by...

Originally published in the June 26, 2025 edition of The Weekly Briefing Jeff Chalmers has joined JAZZ.FM91 (CJRT-FM) in afternoon drive, as longtime host Brad Barker departs the station. Chalmers will be heard from 2 – 6 p.m. ET, weekdays, arriving from Stingray’s boom 97.3...

TPX (The Podcast Exchange), the Toronto-based podcast advertising reseller and branded content producer, has sent a letter to creditors notifying them that the company plans to file a Notice of Intention (NOI) under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. The NOI buys the company time to...

Travis Dhanraj has officially exited the CBC, blasting the public broadcaster on his way out the door, saying he has been "systematically sidelined, retaliated against, and denied the editorial access and institutional support necessary to fulfill my public service role." Dhanraj quietly disappeared from CBC...

This past week, for many of us who are parents, teachers, educators, and students, it was convocation week, a celebration of hard work and the growing of young minds. I sat at my own son’s graduation from Grade 12 and cheered him on as...