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Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated)

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Concord, Eldridge, Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, Publishing, Round Hill

The music world is being shook by the actions of a half a dozen or so companies who are buying

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MCR/Nielsen’s year-end report for music in Canada has arrived. (There is a LOT of data here!)

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2020, Canada, MRC, Nielsen

MCR/Nielsen spends all its time looking at charts, sales, streams, and the music consumption habits of fans all over the

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Podcast listeners in the US are young and really big fans

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Podcasts

Westwood One, one of the big distributors of podcasts in the US, has some new figures about podcasts listeners. Here’s

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Canadian music sales and streaming stats for the first week of 2021

January 12, 2021January 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments MRC, Music sales, Nielsen, Streaming

As usual, MRC/Nielsen’s weekly round-up of music sales and streams popped into my inbox Monday evening. What does the first

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Are you a Canadian musician? This survey wants to hear from you about the age of COVID-19

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Artists, COVID-19, Music Canada, Survey

Music Canada, the spokesgroup for the recorded music industry in this country, wants to get a handle on how musicians

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Streaming stats from 2020 say that rock is definitely NOT dead.

January 8, 2021January 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Streaming

MRC Data spends all its time monitoring various aspects of the music industry, including who streams what. In their analysis

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Let’s wrap up Canadian music sales and streaming stats for 2020

January 5, 2021January 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Streaming

Well, that’s convenient. The last chart week of 2020 ended at 11:59 pm December 31, 2020. Here’s the final look

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Music Industry 

Getting near the end: The second-last report on Canadian music sales and streaming stats for 2020.

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Nielsen, Streaming

Holidays or not, Nielsen/MRC Canada issued its weekly report on Canadian music sales and stats yesterday (December 28). This is

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The second-last report on Canadian music sale and streaming stats of 2020

December 22, 2020December 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Streaming

Outside of the growth in streaming, it has not been a good year for the recorded music industry for all

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Here’s how musicians are stressing over having to repay the government CERB funds

December 19, 2020December 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments CERB, Pandemic

As if Canadian musicians don’t have enough to worry about… (Via Sean)

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How TikTok can be a stepping stone to a career in music

December 18, 2020December 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments TikTok

[This is the year that TikTok became a monster. Instead of just a place where teens post dance moves to

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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