20/20 Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

A new Jane’s Addiction doc is here. This is a quick look.

Jane’s Addiction is done, right? I think they are, but with Farrell and Co. you’re never really sure. There is,

The short answer is “not for a while.” The 49th Juno Awards were supposed to have already happened in Saskatoon,

Around this time each year, the good people of Europe (and Australia, for reasons that still baffle me) go to

A few weeks ago, the organizers of Glastonbury, the most famous music festival in the world, we optimistic that things

Canadian Music Week, the massive annual music conference and festival that happens in Toronto every May, has been postponed until

The rumours of a cancellation started early this morning as people associated with the event (performers, nominees, crew) were told

The music industry has been hammered by cancellations and postponements. SXSW. Coachella, Madonna’s Madame X tour. Pearl Jam’s Gigaton tour.

It was inevitable. With SXSW down for the count and dozens of other tours, concerts and music conferences either postponed

Unless we’re all wiped out by the coronavirus over the next six weeks, music fans will descend on retailers for

The eighth annual Prism Prize offers a $20,000 cash prize (up from $15,000 this year) to the best Canadian music

At 52 years young, Festival d’été de Québec is one of Canada’s longest-running music events. It has also become one

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
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King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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