MCR/Nielsen’s year-end report for music in Canada has arrived. (There is a LOT of data here!)
MCR/Nielsen spends all its time looking at charts, sales, streams, and the music consumption habits of fans all over the
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Canada
Yet another year-end list: Google Canada’s Year in Search for music (among many other things)
Google Canada has joined the parade of year-end summaries with a list of who-searched-what when in 2020. These are the
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Twitter Canada’s 2020 in review report is here
Around this time each year, Twitter sends out stats about who tweeted what, who followed whom, and what trended big
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Here’s our weekly check-up on the health of Canadian music sales and streaming during the pandemic
Like so many other areas of the economy, the recorded music industry has had a very rough go during the
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Canadian feds promise $500 million for arts and creative industries
If you know someone who works in the arts, you’ll know that they’re really. really hurting. With all work dried
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A report emerges on Neil Peart’s last days
Before brain cancer took his life on January 7, Rush’s Neil Peart fought through the disease for three-and-a-half years. Outside of his family, his bandmates and close associates, no one knew. And no one said anything, respecting Neil’s wishes to keep things private.
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Good article: The evolution of Canadian metal
Bummed out that it’s Monday again? Avoid work by reading this article from the CBC on the evolution of the
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Here are the results of a fascinating study of how Canadians use the Internet
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is the organization that assigns and oversees .ca domains. It has just released a
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So how is podcasting doing in Canada? This infographic examines the landscape.
While there’s chatter of a podcasting bubble in the US, there’s slow and steady in Canada. That’s the conclusion of
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These are the musical acts with the biggest demand on the secondary ticket market
StubHub is not only a major player on the secondary ticket market, they’re also a data company. And they’re not
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Do any of these Ticketmaster data points describe you?
Along with selling tickets, Ticketmaster is a data company. Because it tracks every aspect of the ticket retail experience, it
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