For the second year in a row, #MendesArmy took over the Juno Awards. Yes, Shawn Mendes was this year's Fan Choice award winner at the annual Canadian music award show. And really, it wasn't even close. That's thanks to the rank and file of the aforementioned army...
For the second year in a row, #MendesArmy took over the Juno Awards. Yes, Shawn Mendes was this year's Fan Choice award winner at the annual Canadian music award show. And really, it wasn't even close. That's thanks to the rank and file of the aforementioned army...
Background: In 2014, Finance Canada was taken to Federal Court by an Ottawa news agency after the outlet claimed copyright violation by the department, alleging that staff emailed two news articles internally. Finance Canada, for its part, responded that the articles...
You’ve probably heard about the surge of so-called "fake news" that took over the U.S. election, and that has completely dominated the current news cycle. Companies are also now finding themselves the target of fake news. And as a PR professional, you're likely...
Image source: The Toronto Star It was the anthem heard ‘round the world--or, at least, crystal clear north of the border. As has been well-documented by now, a so-called “lone wolf” member of the Canadian singing quartet The Tenors went rogue last night, changing the...
Question: If someone (anyone) wins the Copa America, does anyone in North America even realize? Answer: If US and Canadian online news coverage is any indication, then probably not. A MediaMiser online news analysis of mentions of the Copa America–the South American...
The United Kingdom is this week prepping for a referendum on whether or not to leave the European Union, a political tug-of-war that’s been dubbed the “Brexit” by observers and media alike. It’s a situation that’s caused some intense hand-wringing among those in...
A note to MLB schedule-makers: You might want to consider the patriotism of New York Yankees fans before finalizing dates for next year. Game One of the current Yankees-Toronto Blue Jays series starts tonight, at 7 pm. That’s totally cool, of course, if you’re a Jays...
Although the Toronto Blue Jays are off to a slightly mediocre start in 2016, that hasn’t stopped its legions of fans — and plenty of media — from tweeting and retweeting the heck out of the ballclub. Perhaps fittingly, most of the team’s top ten influencers by...
With recent news that Caribbean cruises will soon set sail for ports of call in Cuba, both vacationers and cruise operators alike are, understandably, salivating at what could be the U.S. tourism industry’s ultimate greenfield market. After all, it’s a country that...
They have names like “New Day for America”, “Opportunity and Freedom”, “Keep the Promise”, “Priorities USA Action”, “America Leads” and “Believe Again”. Still others have slightly disconcerting monikers like “Right to Rise” and “Unintimidated” (we’re not quite sure of...
The percentage of Canadians who closely follow the news declined by eight per cent from 2003 to 2013, according to a recent survey published by Statistics Canada, echoing similar findings from research out of the Florida-based Poynter Institute. And though these...