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Weekly survey: What do you think of this new form of concert tickets?

A concert ticket is a contract. Purchased for a fee, a ticket allows you entrance to a place/event on a

Back in the day, you were either into an artist or you were not. You bought albums and singles, went

Earlier this year, SoundCloud teamed up with Portishead to test a new royalty distribution system that it said had the

Back in the day, buying a T-shirt or some piece of band swag at a concert was often an afterthought.

This week’s numbers were a little late but came in nonetheless. Here’s the current state of Canadian recorded music sales

Labour Day or not, the Canadian recorded music industry needs its sales and streaming stats. Here’s how things shape up

As usual, the data the Canadian recorded music industry needs to know about arrived Monday evening. Here’s how things shape

Doug Putman continues to be on a roll. First, he bought up most of the leases of HMV Canada and

As we move through month 5,793 of COVID–that’s what it feels like, right?–here’s what’s going on with music sales and

Live music has returned, but given the virulence of the delta variant, we’re hardly back to normal. Live Nation Canada

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver