Amber MacArthur | |
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Born | Amber Dawn MacArthur 27 June 1976 |
Education | B.A. in English from Dalhousie University; Journalism at University of King's College |
Known for | Call for Help on G4techTV Canada; CityNews International; Social Hour; CommandN |
Title | Media Specialist |
Relatives | Jeff MacArthur |
Website | http://www.ambermac.com |
Amber Dawn MacArthur (born 27 June 1976) is a Canadian television and netcasting personality, bestselling author of two books, and keynote speaker. MacArthur (aka Amber Mac) is the former co-host of BNN's App Central and Bloomberg Brink, G4TechTV's Call for Help, and TWiT's The Social Hour (successor to net@night/Inside the Net). She was the most followed Canadian television personality on Twitter in 2008.[2] In 2018, she was named DMZ's 30 inspirational women making a difference in tech.[3]
She is now the co-host of the 2018 AI podcast series, The AI Effect[4] where she interviews notable guests such as Prime Minister Trudeau and Mayor John Tory. Amber is President of a digital media company called AmberMac Media, Inc.
MacArthur used to produce and co-host her own video podcast, commandN, and has also hosted on Torrent and Gadgets and Gizmos for G4techTV Canada. MacArthur worked for over a year for Citytv's CityNews and CP24, and she had returned to the now CTV-owned CP24 as New Media Specialist and was the host of Webnation. She previously hosted and produced a show for Xbox called "Girls Go Geek" alongside her brother Jeff MacArthur and Christopher Dick that features women in technology.[5]