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Ontario wants to kick 2020 out — With Love

What do you do when it’s the end of the worst year in our collective memory and you can’t go

Ontario continues to take its COVID-19 mitigation protocols seriously as the province slowly reopens for business region by region. Starting

Ever buy tickets for a hot show from a secondary ticket seller only to later realize (too late!) that the

Governments all over the world have it out for bots, scalpers, and ticket resellers. In the last week, two provinces,

The Ontario Government handed down its first budget under Doug Ford today (April 11). If you had the time to

Guess who’s back? If you can remember a time when Eminem videos like “Without Me” played continuously on something called

As someone who spent a lot of time in the band room in high school and then went on to

One of the things that the new Ford Conservative government did was delay the previous Liberal government’s plans to impose

Vancouver rock duo Japandroids have pretty much been touring nonstop since the release of their Near to the Wild Heart

While Ontario’s new laws surrounding the sales of tickets on the secondary market went into effect July 1, the one

Well, well. Could it be that someone in the Ontario Government came to their senses and is perhaps ready to remove

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 […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver