COVERLINES

Secure Your Seat at the 8th Annual
Business Media Leadership Summit

Since its inception in 2012, the Business Media Leadership Summit has attracted hundreds of B2B professionals and the best in presenters. With Peter Legge, Chairman of Canada Wide Media, and Kathy Bush-Dutton, Publisher of New England Home magazine, confirmed as keynote speakers, the eighth annual Business Media Leadership Summit promises to be the best yet. 

The Summit will begin with working sessions at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, February 4 followed by a keynote address, networking reception and dinner. The Summit will close after a full day of presentations at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, February 5.

Read more about what you can expect and registration details here.

Feeling Stuck on a Problem? Our Travelling Consultants Program is Here to Help!

This valuable, member-only service matches seasoned industry professionals with Magazines Canada members from across the country for a customized, full-day session on a desired subject—right in your own office! Learn new techniques and benefit from an expert’s perspective on challenges specific to your magazine. The consultation will give your magazine comprehensive information on changes you can make to your brand for the better. Our consultants cover a wide variety of topics from grant writing to governance and design. 

Space is limited. Apply today!

Media Matters is Seeking a Trade Magazine/Digital Publisher

WEBINAR: "Sorting Truth from Fiction with Social Media Tools" is Now Available on Demand!

Presented by experts from Indiana University's Observatory on Social Media, this webinar aims to give magazine publishers, editors and journalists hands-on experience in identifying disinformation on social media. The experts, Valentin (Val) Pentchev, Marc McCarty, and Pik-Mai Hui discuss the importance of tools to help sort truth from fiction online, and give audience members a demo in how their latest tool, Botslayer, works. View the webinar here.

This webinar was presented as part of the Age of Disinformation project. We acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada.

Don't miss our next webinar, "Understanding the 2019 Election Results For Your Magazine" on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at
2:00 pm ET. Registration is open here.

In Case You Missed It:

• The Canadian Society of Magazine Editors has joined forces with the Canadian Association of Journalists to present “How to Become a Unicorn,” with Jessica Johnson, Executive Editor and Creative Director at The Walrus, and Shauna Rempel, National Managing Editor – Social Media and Distribution at Global News. The pair will also be joined by Diana Jackson, Senior Customer Success Manager at LinkedIn, who will share how to ask for mentorship. The event will be held in Toronto on November 5 at 8:30 a.m. Details here.

• “Canada’s Magazines Antidote to Misinformation,” Magazines Canada Executive Director Melanie Rutledge shares on The Hill Times here. 

• Shameless Magazine will host The Talking Back Feminist Media Conference in Toronto from November 16 to 17, 2019. Find details here.

• Looking to get a head start on 2020? Registration for MagNet 2020 is now open here.

• Learn "How Magazines Can Use Social Media to Grow" with our latest Hotsheet by Inovva's Digital Marketing & Social Media Specialist, James Somerton here.

• Important update from the Department of Canadian Heritage on the Canada Periodical Fund – Aid to Publishers 2020–21 here. [member login required]