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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 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