The rumour mill has been flying for months as to who will be next person to head up operations for Twitter Canada. We broke the story when they were first looking to open an office in Canada, and we also broke the story when Kirstine Stewart was hired to run Twitter Canada. On many levels she […]
With the success of its “Tweet-a-Coffee” in the US, Starbucks Canada and Twitter Canada have teamed up to bring the program to the great White North aiming at “eGifting” consumers across Canada. This is the first gifting program of its kind in Canada and the newest way for Canadians to instantly share the gift of Starbucks in […]
It is now official, Twitter Canada is open for business, and last night Kirstine Stewart and her team of reps hosted the launch event where they invited advertisers, marketers and various media outlets. We first broke the story
Bell Media and Twitter announced this week announced a new partnership around a number of important analytics initiatives relating to social media and television. As part of the new partnership, new research will be created that will focus on the social TV behaviour of Canadian viewers, the return on investment of social TV initiatives, and the relationship between audience engagement and Twitter activity.
Julie Bristow just announced that she will be leaving her role as the CBC as its Executive Director of Studio and Unscripted Programming, as of June 14. Details are still sparse as to where Julie is going to next, but we’ll keep you posted as we become aware.
With Kristine Stewart at the helm of Twitter Canada, the new sales team is being hired. We had mentioned that a number of offer letters had gone out, and Vicki Laszlo has been hired by the social network as an Account Manager.
Following up to the news we broke this morning that Kirstine Stewart has left the CBC to take the top spot running Twitter Canada. CBC has issued the press release below, and has named Neil McEneaney, General Manager, Finance and Strategy as the interim EVP until they find a replacement:
We have just heard from a realizable source that Kirstine Stewart has been hired for the top job at Twitter Canada.
As the ink dries on their new partnership agreement, CBC and Microsoft Canada have announced the two entities will be working together on a new content partnership. As part of the new deal, CBC will be extending its video content onto multiple Microsoft platforms including MSN.ca, Xbox, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and more
CBC made a few more changes to their staff recently as Jack Tomik, General Manager of the CBC Revenue Group, announced he is leaving the CBC, and Alan Dark will lead the CBC Revenue Group going forward. The changes are effective immediately. Jack had been with the CBC for 3.5 years.
