CTV CANCELS ‘FASHION TELEVISION’
Fashionistas reacted with shock as word spread Wednesday that the groundbreaking runway series Fashion Television had been cancelled.
UPDATED: CBC ANNOUNCES PROGRAM CUTS
Big budget cuts at the CBC are putting “everything” on the chopping block –including hit shows Republic of Doyle and Heartland, programming boss Kirstine Stewart said Tuesday as the public broadcaster axed CBC News Network’s Connect with Mark Kelley and CBC Radio’s Dispatches.
WEBBY NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Where else can a banner ad take home the same trophy as a documentary film? The Webby Awards, which laud the greatest in everything online, have released the nominees list for the 2012 gala on May 21 in New York.
MARKETING ON FACEBOOK WITHOUT SPENDING ON ADVERTISING?
In the three months leading up to Tax Day in the U.S. last year, Intuit (which makes TurboTax) had set a healthy goal of earning 50,000 new Facebook followers. To do so, it developed a quiz app to test participants’ knowledge of what they could and could not deduct. To sweeten the deal, it promised to donate a toy for every quiz participant.
DIGITAL NATIVES SWITCH MEDIA 27 TIMES PER HOUR: STUDY
A new study on media use has provided some startling numbers on how distracted (or ‘connected,’ depending on your perspective) by media choices young people have become.
