Archive - The Story of blogTO, by Tim Shore

blogTO goes live

We were a hot property, and everyone knew it

Aug 20 • Tim Shore

blogTO under lockdown

Empty streets, record traffic

Aug 10 • Tim Shore

blogTO vs. Reddit

Correcting years of misinformation, just before the world shut down

Aug 5 • Tim Shore

July 2026

The Story of Freshdaily

A national news brand, a two-week firestorm and a second life on TikTok

Jul 24 • Tim Shore

blogTO enters its TikTok era

The year of Chair Girl and the Raptors Championship

Jul 15 • Tim Shore

blogTO gets back into podcasts

And Narcity makes a bid to buy blogTO

Jul 7 • Tim Shore

June 2026

blogTO's video era takes off

The original Toronto influencer account?

Jun 30 • Tim Shore

The meeting that changed the future of media in Canada

And the beginning of blogTO’s video era

Jun 23 • Tim Shore

The end of Midnight Poutine

The delicious high-fat source for all things Montreal

Jun 14 • Tim Shore

blogTO gets a new website

We finally did it

Jun 7 • Tim Shore

blogTO and the rise of the Facebook algorithm

The era that everything changed

Jun 2 • Tim Shore

May 2026

blogTO catches fire

The Rob Ford crack video and expensive mistakes

May 26 • Tim Shore

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