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Streaming music in Canada increased 20% pre-COVID, Nielsen study shows

Remember when people couldn’t stop talking about Shakira and JLo’s performance at the Super Bowl? Or when Eminem showed up,

Okay, so maybe that headline is a little severe, but there’s no doubt that sales of CDs are cratering. The

I confess to sitting at home Friday night clicking refresh as I tracked the download numbers for the podcast version

At one point, Apple’s iTunes music store accounted for 70% of all online music sales. That, however, was in the

A thought: a revolving door leading into the West Wing of the White House. It would make staff changes easier

Streaming is now making more money than we ever saw with downloads. This is from Music Business Worldwide. It’s a

Back before the world discovered streaming, 70% of us got our digital music video downloads from Apple’s iTunes store. Quaint

Once upon a time not that long ago, iTunes ruled the music universe, controlling about 70% of the paid download

Remember when downloads were going to be saviour of the music industry? “Sure CDs are falling,” said music industry execs,

…yeah, no. Not gonna happen. At least not anytime soon. This goofy story has roots in a report from Digital

Look, iTunes is not going anywhere anytime soon. But with the world moving away from downloads and into streaming, Apple

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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