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Amber MacArthur in 2007
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Born |
Amber Dawn MacArthur 27 June 1976 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
Nationality | Canadian |
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. MacArthur is currently the co-host of BNN's App Central. She was the most followed Canadian television personality on Twitter in 2008.
MacArthur also produces and co-hosts her own video podcast, called commandN, and co-hosted the TWiT podcast network's now defunct Social Hour (successor to net@night/Inside the Net). MacArthur is known for the series Call for Help, but 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.
MacArthur is originally from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and lives in Toronto. She received an undergraduate degree in English from Dalhousie University, and studied journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.