• Government communication or Tory marketing? The Globe has been doing some good reporting on the contentious Economic Action Plan website. Quoting Audra Lesosky of McKim Cringan George: “If you throw up the Government of Canada website, next to the Economic Action Plan website, next to the Conservative Party of Canada website, it’s pretty obvious that it’s much more similar to the Conservative party site than the government of Canada website.” Do you agree?
• Consumer research firm J.D. Power and Associates is downsizing its Canadian operations, apparently to redirect resources to Singapore and Detroit.
• Angry Birds is getting a tabletop toy version.
• If calling Mississauga, Ont.’s Snap Media & Management, you may recognize the voice on their answering machine; they scored Emma Clarke, the voice of Virgin and the London underground. The curious can try them at 905-399-4973 (long distance rates apply, of course).
