About Us.. .

Erin began her career in 1990 where she worked at the Rogers Cable Studios in Richmond, B.C. She researched, wrote, hosted, filmed, edited and later produced several programs for the station, including “A Cheapskates Guide to a Good Time”. She spent five years honing her skills, during which time she began her studies in the Journalism Program at B.C.I.T.

In 1992, Erin worked at BCTV as an assistant where she helped out in copywriting and pre-production research. 1993 brought work at LG73 writing for the Green Report, and work at z95.3.

In 2001 she began writing for magazines, and co-published Muse Magazine for women in the Fraser Valley. She was hired by a large realty firm in 2003, where she branded entire buildings and condo projects located across Canada.

In early 2006, Newport Business Branding was born. Now, just a few short years later, the company has transformed itself into Newport Business Media to better reflect the direction the company is taking.

After spending 20 years in the hospitality industry (11 with Keg Restaurants), and the birth of his son Matthew, John decided it was time for a change.

Throwing caution to the wind he decided to try his hand at what he had always wanted to do. Be self-employed in a field he knew and understood. After close consultation with his current boss (OK, wife) it was decided that a new venture was needed. After months of research and careful consideration....Newport Business Branding was born.

From Newport Business Branding came the realization that the business landscape was changing. More and more businesses want to have their products and services exposed to as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, without going through current marketing venues.

And so Newport Business Media was born. From viral campaigns on youtube, Facebook and mySpace to corporate communication tools such as trade videos, commercials, PSAs and training videos for large corporate clients, Newport realized that a simple logo and ad in the yellow pages was no longer considered 'marketing'.

John leads the multimedia division of Newort and is building a team of marketing experts that will take your brand and put it infront of your target audience. Feel free to contact John with your maketing needs.

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Tod, a native Seattlean, is a playwright, screenwriter, poet, producer, publisher, fiction writer, and webmaster. He studied journalism and English at Arizona State University where he was news director of KASR, then worked for three years as a freelance writer in Phoenix before moving to Seattle in 1994. His work has been published on HootIsland.com and PublishingOnline.com.


In 2000 he founded en theos press, dedicated to publishing Northwest poets. In 2005 he moved to Vancouver, BC, where he joined Deep Seeded Productions and began developing television shows for Franklin Productions. His first newspaper job was writing obituaries that sound exactly like this.