2013 Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

CRTC Issues Annual Report on the Health of the Canadian Radio Industry

Despite what some may think, radio in this country is still in very good shape and a very profitable business.

This week, we’re seeing all kinds of deep analysis of music sales figures from 2013. And the big story is

Every year around this time, Billboard publishes the incomes of the top earners in music. Here’s the Top 10: 1.

Here’s what happened in Canada last year according to Nielsen Sounscan: Digital album sales: Up 9% (10.5 million units to

Clever. (Via Holy Kaw)

Let’s be clear: vinyl still represents at tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny slice of all the revenues from the sales of

It’s nice to see more people getting (back) into vinyl. According to Nielsen Soundscan, sales were up 33% over 2013–but

This handy list comes courtesy of the Houston Press. You can read the rationale for the picks here, but this

You have to do more than watch closely, too. This video uses YouTube’s annotations feature to embed stuff within the

Grantland looks back on 2013 as the year that failed to deliver any true musical blockbusters–or as I call it,

Sam Galet in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
Mark Silver
Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
Mark Silver
Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
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