Ontario trumpets its creative industry strengths, including magazines

[This post has been updated]The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) has created a video to promote the diversity and prodigious output of Ontario's creative sector -- including magazines -- called "We've got it going ON". Among the facts included in the accompanying documentation is that Ontario is Canada's largest publishing centre, with almost half (48%) of all Canadian magazines

Several magazine-related projects selected for OMDC creative clusters program

Magazines did well out of the Ontario Media Development Corporation's $2.9 million investment in creative industries. The investment in 19 projects from the Entertainment and Creative Clusters Partnership Fund is said to result in a further $7.6 million from 108 partners involved. Among the magazine-related projects (n0 specific dollar amounts announced):Magazines Canada, Interactive Ontario, the

Deadline September 9 for OMDC creative cluster partnership fund

There is a little over a month 'til the deadline for pre-qualification for the Ontario Media Development Corporation's entertainment and creative cluster partnerships fund. All applicants must submit information for pre-qualification by Wednesday, September 9. Final applications are due Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 5 p.m.Program guideline packages Guidelines and application forms

Toronto economic development director named president of OMDC

The city of Toronto's director of economic development, Karen Thorne-Stone, has been hired to be the new president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Media Development Corporation, beginning at the end of July.A release from the agency said Thorne-Stone has been with the city of Toronto for 18 years, where she served in a variety of roles, including film commissioner and playing a

OMDC magazine fund deadline looms; June 21

Reminder to Ontario magazines that the deadline for application to the Ontario Media Development Corporation Magazine Fund is this Thursday, June 21 at 5 p.m.

Ontario "cluster" funding information session

The next round of applications for the Ontario Ministry of Culture's Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund (administered by the Ontario Media Development Corporation) is a couple of months away (August 27 deadline) but an information session for prospective applicants is on June 25, 9:30 am to 11:00 am in the Conference Centre, 175 Bloor Street East, NorthTower, Third Floor,