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Music Industry 

How is COVID-19 impacting our demands for entertainment? Glad you asked…

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments COVID-19, On-demand, Streaming

MIDIA Research spends a lot of time looking how how we consume music in the digital age. The company has

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Music News Radio 

Apple’s Beats 1 Radio Station Offers Replays of Their Music Shows. Yet Terrestrial Radio Can’t by Law.

August 11, 2015August 10, 2015 Alan Cross 4 Comments Beats 1, On-demand, Replay

Here’s a reprint of a post I made back on July 27. It’ll provide background to the rant that’s to

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Music Industry 

The Music Industry is Really Starting to Hate YouTube

July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music VIdeos, On-demand, Revenues, Streaming, YouTube

Things are not well in the relationship between record labels and YouTube. Stories abound (like this one) that labels are

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Music News 

The BBC Now Offers Downloadable Music Programs. Why Can’t We?

July 27, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Copyright, On-demand, Radio, Streaming

I wish, wish, wish it were possible to make my Ongoing History of New Music shows available for on-demand listening

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Music Industry 

Musical Abundance = Fickle Music Consumption

June 5, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Consumer Behaviour, Music Consumers, On-demand, Streaming Music Services

My wife hates buffet restaurants. “There’s just too much food! Too much choice! Too much waste! Buffets confuse me and

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Music Industry Radio 

Why Canada Needs to Fix Music Licensing Rules NOW

March 24, 2014March 24, 2014 Alan Cross 8 Comments Copyright Law, On-demand, Radio

The US Copyright Office has initiated a study into music licensing to try and streamline the process.  The current system

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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  • 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 […]
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  • 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 […]
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  • 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 […]
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