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The Collaborative Alliance – June 27th

June 26, 2012 by kmmills

Tomorrow afternoon on June 27th from Noon-2pm, MPG Media Contacts Canada will once again be hosting The Collaborative Alliance event in their Toronto office. The exciting list of speakers for this round is as follows: – Wilf Dinnick, CEO of OpenFile.ca – New Models of News Content and Engagement – John Cruickshank, Publisher of the Toronto Star and President of Star Media Group – Publishing in the Digital News Age – Marlon Rodrigues, Director of Marketing at Polar Mobile – The […]

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