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U.S., Canadian lawmakers eager to talk with Ticketmaster about refund policies

It’s not just lawmakers in New York looking for answers from Ticketmaster this week. In addition to a state senator

Radio-Canada is giving vinyl fans one more chance to take a browse through all the surplus records (and CDs) they

If you’re interested into the marketing machinery behind the popular song, here’s a two-part program from Terry O’Reilly’s CBC program,

Record Store Day! Yay! What else is making music news on April 21, 2018? Here are my weekly music picks

If you’re in Toronto, I’m holding another one of my Music Tech meetups TONIGHT at the Toronto Reference Library. There’s

Over the decades, the CBC has become one of the biggest repositories of recorded music in the known world. Its

If you missed last August’s Tragically Hip tour finale in Kingston and are tired of watching bad YouTube video, you’re

If you were an avid CBC Stereo listener between 1984 and 2007, the late-night Brave New Waves probably needs no

After a successful 16-year exclusive partnership with CTV, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) just announced a

I don’t know what to say except this is something you need to watch.

An announcement today from both The Hip and Gord Downie confirm some new work coming out soon. As we have

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, […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver