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Look out: I’m about to defend Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing policy

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] Earlier this summer, Bruce Springsteen fans were shocked to find

Wait. Back up. Maybe before we get into this week’s survey question, everyone should read what I wrote on the

On Wednesday (August 10), Spotify unveiled a new website that allows users to buy concert tickets directly from Spotify instead

Just like the price of gas and the chaos at airports, the cost of concert tickets is a global issue.

Yes, live music is back. And yes, tickets are way more expensive than in the Before-Times. Drake expects people to

After a couple of years of being sidelined by the COVID pandemic, the live music industry has roared back to

Chunks of the country are still trying to recover from the Big Rogers Outage of 2002 on Friday. I feel

Over the weekend, I had no choice but to get some gas. By the time the numbers stopped spinning and

A report in the Toronto Star reveals that the average price of a concert ticket in the city is $121.

Does anyone else find it strange that news networks will show the uncut carnage from Ukraine but if there’s any

As the live event industry moves more and more towards digital tickets, I’ve heard many complaints from old-schoolers who have

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