Twitter partners with Magawards for annual Winners' Circle event Nov. 16

The National Magazine Awards Foundation is partnering this year with Twitter Canada to present the Winners' Circle. It's an exclusive event for all National Magazine Awards and Digital Publishing Awards winners from 2016.

Jennifer Hollett, the new head of news and government at Twitter will be providing insider tips about how to grow your publication's Twitter presence, thinking beyond hashtags and how to integrate images, videos, live video, moments and more. 

The event is to be held Wed. November 16, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Twitter headquarters, 901 King Street West, Suite 401 in Toronto. 

"After the Twitter Canada presentation, it’s time to mingle and network with your peers. We’ll be facilitating introductions between writers, artists, editors and art directors," said a release. "If you’re planning to attend and would like to have a chance to sit down with an award-winning writer/artist or an award-winning magazine/digital publication editor or art director, let us know: staff@magazine-awards.com."

Guests are requested to RSVP to staff@magazine-awards.com no later than November 11 and are encouraged to join the Facebook Event Page.

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Fashion tops the list when it comes to Twitter followers

It's one of those things that seems so obvious, one wonders why it wasn't done before: a ranking of magazines by their Twitter following. Gary Campbell, formerly the web creative director for St.Joseph Media (and creator of Aggregation magazine) has compiled a top 35 list of Canadian magazines based on their followers. 

As a fair and reasonable chap, he also makes it clear he is only using the data as a measure of quantity, without making any judgements about the quality of followers; he is trying to use the metric to quantify "reach".

The list, which can be found at fourinternets.com/twitter-magazine-index-canada/nets.com, along with some additional observations  and analysis. The number one magazine is Fashion magazine with more than 352,000. The first 10 are:

1. Fashion (352,079)
2. Today's Parent (324,234)
3. Best Health (147,418)
4. The Hockey News (91,659)
5. Toronto Life (52,390)
6. The Grid (44,003)
7. NOW (43,820)
8. Adbusters (41,952)
9. Style at Home (33,891)
10. Canadian House & Home (33,463)

Campbell says he is working on a Facebook version of the index.