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1. Cara, MEC win Best of Show at Media Innovation Awards What to know what the best media marketing execution in 2011 was? Look no further than the spinning chickens. It was Cara Operations and MEC Canada‘s succulent special television channel that won Best of Show at Marketing‘s Media Innovation Awards Thursday night. 2. Watch […]

1. Cara, MEC win Best of Show at Media Innovation Awards
What to know what the best media marketing execution in 2011 was? Look no further than the spinning chickens. It was Cara Operations and MEC Canada‘s succulent special television channel that won Best of Show at Marketing‘s Media Innovation Awards Thursday night.

2. Watch This: A sexy surprise in fitting room mirrors
DDB Toronto created this magic mirror in the fitting area of Penningtons, a fashion retailer “on a mission to give plus-size fashion a major makeover.” Reactions are making their way to YouTube.

3. Why the NFL signed Canuck publisher for new magazine
A small Canadian publishing house has just scored an epic publishing touchdown. Dauphin Media Group (DMG) will be publishing the official magazine of the National Football League (NFL), appropriately named NFL Magazine.

4. Sales veteran Dusang remembered for his optimism
As a professional boxer in his native Winnipeg during the early 1980s, David Dusang amassed an 11-2 record with six knockouts while fighting under the name “The Jewish Bomber.”

5. Transcontinental nods to technology and community with rebrand
Media and printing giant Transcontinental announced a major rebranding today, rechristening the company TC Transcontinental and introducing a new logo.

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2016 Media Innovation Awards: The complete winners list

All the winning agencies from media's biggest night out!