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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

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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