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Cannes Lions 2025: Touche!’s Samantha Kelley joins the Creative Data jury panel

Five other Canadian execs will join the CEO in judging categories from Outdoor to Entertainment.

Cannes Lions 2025: The Media Young Lions and Marketer shortlisters revealed

A total of 29 Canadian teams across seven categories were nominated this year.

Jimmy Fallon creates marketing agency for his new NBCU show

The new marketing competition series will feature industry executives, including Bozoma Saint John, former chief marketing officer for Netflix.

Ad spend on news brands is falling due to preference for softer content

WARC’s latest report shows that brands are avoiding being associated with potentially controversial or distressing content.

CBC using AI to gain podcast insights, OpenAI building a social network

In other tech news this week, Japan rules against Google and IAS adds Video Exclusion Lists to TikTok.

Industry News: CIBC steps up as founding partner of Toronto Tempo

Plus, Chipotle extends multi-year deal with the NHL.

WildBrain and IoM are adjusting their deal terms

Since Bell plans to stop carrying WildBrain’s channels, the company has to renegotiate parts of the Family Channel and Family Jr. sale.

TV is the main source of news for top income earners and business leaders

A new Ipsos survey looks at influentials’ media usage, wealth, spending and preferences across product categories.

Tim Hortons ranks first, QSRs dominate ad space: AdEase TV

The restaurant chain secured second place in all markets during the week of April 7 to 13.

Meta faces potential breakup in U.S. antitrust trial

Zuckerberg takes the stand to refute claims of orchestrating a monopoly.

Elections Canada tops radio ad ranking ahead of federal election

The non-partisan agency jumped to the AdEase top spot with 5,329 instances.

DoubleVerify’s aims to help advertisers avoid objectionable content on TikTok

Global brands can access automated pre-bid video exclusion lists to protect brand equity and maximize ad performance.

Disney Advertising expands global ad offerings to Canada

Disney says the aim is to deliver more consistency and scalability for marketers.

COMMB partners with AdEase for AI-driven sales tools

The Spotlite mobile app provides data on advertising campaigns.

Videotron sues Rogers for alleged breach of contract

Rogers agreed to sell Freedom Mobile to Videotron as part of its deal to acquire Shaw Communications in 2022.