Bankruptcy Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Gibson Guitars is on the verge of bankruptcy

Gibson, the manufacturer of guitars and musical instruments, brought in revenues of $1 billion last year but is still headed

Hundreds, thousands of young artists have been misled, swindled and outright robbed by the record labels that signed them. All

HMV will close all 102 locations across Canada by April 30, including the flagship store at 333 Yonge Street. This

I continue to be seriously bummed out about the imminent demise of HMV Canada. What went wrong? Billboard has this

Earlier this week, it was announced the Rdio, my preferred music streaming service since 2010, had run out of money

And so it begins. Rdio, one of the more well-known streaming music services, announced today (November 16), announced that it

With the news that 50 Cent has filed for bankruptcy—where did that $260 million from Vitamin Water go?–it’s timely that

It’s New-Horizons-at-Pluto-Day! What will we see? Will the Annunaki be awakened from their slumber? (Note to mission specialist Alan Stern:

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
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