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REVIEW OF NEWS 2013 REPORT AN OVERVIEW OF MAJOR CANADIAN NEWS STORIES IN 2013 2013 REPORT AN OVERVIEW OF MAJOR CANADIAN NEWS STORIES IN 2013 www.influencecommunication.com Looking back, can you recall the news items that ushered in the last New Year? What were the media happenings of 2013 that caught your attention? Each year, our report offers readers the opportunity to refresh memories and to highlight certain points, besides serving as a teaching aid in many classrooms. It is a way of freezing in time that which CREDITS is most ephemeral: news. By ten o’clock, a daily is already going stale, while twenty-four hours later, 85% of its news has vanished. Coordination Technical Support Proofing and translation With social media, it takes only 20 minutes for most keywords to Isabelle Cusson Véronique Cadieux Marie-Josée Sheeks be forgotten. More than ever, we are living in an era of disposable Ève Couture Étienne Dumas information: like fast food, we have fast news as well. 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Reproduction by any means whatsoever and translation, even partial, are forbid- den without prior consent from Influence Communication. i Other news stories Lac-Megantic rail tragedy Rob Ford’s woes Senate expenses scandal Floods in Alberta NHL lockout and hockey Pope resignation and election 2013 IN THE NEWS Boston Marathon bombings April 16 to 22 Boston Marathon bombing kills 3, injures over 140 www.influencecommunication.com MPS: 14.70% 14.00% 12.00% July 9 to 15 derailment and explosion MPS: 8.69% 10.00% December 3 to 9 January 1 to 7 MPS: 3.69% End of NHL lockout MPS: 6.86% November 12 to 18 Ahead of historic vote by Toronto City Council May 21 to 27 him out by showing up at Argos game 8.00% MPS: 3.41% January 29 to February 4 April 9 to 15 MPS: 2.68% PGA Tour: Masters at Augusta November 26 to December 2 vs. San Francisco 49ers October 29 to November 4 MPS: 2.36% MPS 4.94% June 11 to 17 NHL, Rogers announce landmark NHL playos: Boston vs. Chicago Patrick Brazeau and Pamela Wallin MPS: 4.53% March 12 to 18 MPS: 2.13% August 13 to 19 will likely go to a vote Auditor-General widens review of all January 15 to 21 July 23 to 29 MPS: 2.66% elected Pope Francis senators' expense claims Idle No More Birth of Prince George MPS: 5.10% MPS: 1.46% September 24 to 30 MPS: 2.81% MPS: 2.12% November 19 to 25 NHL training camps underway 101st Grey Cup: Roughriders beat Tiger-Cats March 19 to 25 MPS: 1.49% MPS: 4.45% February 19 to 25 Federal Budget 6.00% th 85 Academy Awards MPS: 2.46% October 15 to 21 November 5 to 11 MPS: 3.86% Speech from the Throne Remembrance Day MPS: 2.21% MPS: 4.93% September 17 to 23 April 23 to 29 collide during morning commute Via Rail in Toronto MPS: 2.36% February 12 to 18 MPS: 4.05% June 18 to 24 Alberta floods: 4 dead, MPS: 1.74% 100,000 evacuated MPS: 3.69% 4.00% May 28 to June 3 August 6 to 12 August 20 to 26 Toronto's mayor Rob Ford denies Tennis: Rogers Cup MPS: 2.03% MPS: 1.78% MPS: 1.28% 2.00% 0.00% April 9 to 15 July 9 to 15 July 23 to 29 January 1 to 7 April 16 to 22 April 23 to 29 May 21 to 27 June 11 to 17 June 18 to 24 August 6 to 12 March 12 to 18 March 19 to 25 August 13 to 19 August 20 to 26 October 15 to 21 December 3 to 9 January 15 to 21 February 12 to 18 February 19 to 25 May 28 to June 3 November 5 to 11 September 17 to 23September 24 to 30 November 12 to 18November 19 to 25 January 29 to February 4 October 29 to November 4 November 26 to December 2 Top people of 2013 | 60 Top people of 2010 | 62 Top people of 2011 | 63 Top people of 2012 | 64 Politicians | 65 Sports | 66 Business | 67 Federal politicians | 68 Entertainment | 69 International | 70 Canadian premiers | 71 PEOPLE Top international news stories | 74 Politics | 76 Current and legal affairs | 77 Entertainment | 78 OVERVIEW Technology | 78 Economy | 79 Sports | 79 Natural disasters | 80 2013 in the news | 13 O Canada or HOCKEYnada? | 28 Most covered deaths | 81 A year of media confessions | 34 Public figures | 82 Major themes | 16 Heads of state/politicians | 84 Top 50 news stories of 2013 | 17 Trudeaumania… Take II? | 38 Public figures (non-political) | 86 The Rob Ford storm | 20 Health problems in the news | 40 Season 2 of the Senate crisis: The price is Wright | 24 INTERNATIONAL CHARTS Canadian newspapers in radio and television | 91 “Greenest” newspapers | Current and legal affairs |46 92 Key environmental issues | Politics | 47 93 Top Twitter trends | Economy | 48 94 Federal politicians on Twitter | Sports | 49 96 Television networks | Entertainment | 50 98 Methodology | TV shows | 107 Health | 51 100 “Healthiest” newspapers | About Influence Communication | 111 International news | 52 103 Canada in the news abroad | 53 Science and technology | 54 Top businesses | 56 Conclusion NEWS CHARTS MEDIA COMPARISONS 2013 OVERVIEW DID YOU KNOW? The Rob Ford story received six times more coverage than Chris Hadfield’s mission in space. Rob Ford accumulated the equivalent of $1.1 billion worth of advertising in the month of November alone. 2013IN THE NEWS In 2013, Canadian news output totalled over news stories worldwide for three consecutive 10.7 million news items. Taken together, the days – a first in Canadian news. three main themes of sports, politics and the economy accounted for nearly 45% of all news. Turning to sports, we can see that hockey still dominates our media, with 23.17% of all sports However, the one news item that received the news being related to hockey. In Ontario, this most coverage in 2013 was an international proportion hits 44%. The ratification of an news story – the bombings at the Boston NHL agreement to end the lockout in January Marathon in April – which did not fall within 2013 was the biggest sports story of the year, any of the above three themes. It soared to ranking third among all news stories. first place with an MPS of 14.70% of all news Fourth place in our top news ranking was between April 16 and 22. taken by the election of Pope Francis. Meanwhile, the ongoing saga of Rob Ford’s Sadly, another tragedy was responsible for woes ranked tenth in Canada’s top news the number two news item of the year: the stories in 2013. He was Canada’s top media derailment and explosion of a train in the heart figure of 2013, even outranking Prime Minister of Lac-Megantic. Besides ranking as Quebec’s Stephen Harper. The mishaps of Toronto’s top story of the year, it was also widely covered mayor were talked about in over 60 countries from sea to sea, with an MPS of 8.96% between worldwide. July 9 and 15. The Lac-Megantic tragedy even found itself among the top three most covered 2013 IN THE NEWS 13 Year in, year out, federal politics have always Starting point of news stories been a pet topic of the Canadian media. This year, the Wright-Duffy-Brazeau scandal gave Which type of media is the first to break news them plenty of material. Even though the story each day? Clearly, social media, the web only ranked 20th in news items of the year, it and tablets are playing a growing role in the was unique in that it remained within the top 10 Canadian media ecosystem. For example, for several weeks – no mean feat, considering in 2011, only 1% of stories appeared first in that 85% of news has a life expectancy of 24 social media in the morning, and 13% made hours or less. their first appearance there during the rest of the day. In 2013, these figures had grown to In June, flooding in Calgary also dominated the 9% and 16%, respectively. We have seen a news for several weeks, making this natural decline in this respect for radio almost every disaster the eighth top news item of the year. year. Morning Rest of the day TYPE OF MEDIA Television 7% 41% Web and tablets 18% 23% Social media 9% 16% Radio 9% 14% Weeklies 1% 5% Dailies 56% 1% 2013 IN THE NEWS 15 Decrease TOP 50 NEWS STORIES OF 2013 Increase Major themes covered by the media in Canada Steady and around the world in 2013 OVER A SEVEN-DAY PERIOD Rank Event Peak period MPS Canada World 2013 2012 2013 2012 1 Boston Marathon bombing kills 3, injures over 140 April 14.70% Sports 12.07% 10.84% 9.75% 9.65% Lac-Megantic train derailment and explosion July 8.69% Politics (national) 11.61% 10.32% 13.01% 12.76% 2 Politics (local) 10.26% 9.04% 8.28% 7.12% 3 NHL lockout: ratification of an agreement January 6.86% Business and economy 10.19% 10.73% 11.58% 13.79% Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis March 5.10% International 9.32% 10.04% 14.32% 12.77% 4 Current and legal affairs 6.44% 8.33% 8.31% 7.79% 5 Super Bowl: Baltimore Ravens vs.