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Still More Year-End Canadian Music Stats for 2017

BuzzAngle makes it their business to track how we consume music in this country. This is a word-for-word look at

With Canadian year-end numbers still forthcoming, let’s bide our time by studying how Americans consumed music in 2017. BuzzAngle’s year-end

If you search for new music online, you’ve no doubt used Bandcamp, a great site for bands of all sort

I’m serious. STOP WITH THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC! It’s there some kind of law surrounding this sort of thing? It’s December

December 20, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2017, Uber

Use Uber? The company is offering to turn all your 2017 trips in a music video. Start by going here.

Every year, the Canadian press selects a person as its newsmaker of the year and to the surprise of no

If it seems that you heard a lot of Arkells on the radio in 2017, you’re not imagining things. According

The people at Nielsen Music Canada spend all their days monitoring how we consume music and teasing out facts and

Tunefind is a service that tracks music from television and movies. According to their data, this has been a banner

I have t say I was a little stunned to learn that bulk of the top YouTube earners in 2017

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver