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Ongoing History Daily: What are TEAs and why does the music industry care?

In the old days, music charts were compiled using two pieces of data: the number records sold and radio airplay.

A strange thing is happening with the iTunes chart Top Songs chart. In the past, it functioned as a barometer

Hear about the Canadian inventor who sued the entire computer industry for US$350 billion? Yeah, he lost. Here’s what we

Music charts are how the industry keeps score, tracking how well artists and songs do when it comes to radio,

In the Olden Days, album charts were easy to understand. The more records you sold, the higher up the chart

YouTube is still the biggest source of music anywhere in the online world. With that kind of clout, it’s important

I once had an astrologer do a chart for me and although I don’t believe in this sort of thing

Have you ever wonder what city has the most influence musically? Using data from Orbitz, you might be surprised. For

Ed Sheeran had a pretty good week. His ÷ (Divide) album pretty much ruled every album and singles chart in the

Nielsen released their North American market update for this week and it shows some interesting things. In Canadian music sales

Synchronized swimming? That’s the one Olympic sport I just can’t watch. I know. I feel shame. And now, music news…

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 […]
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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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