Predictions Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Where’s music going in the future? Let’s try some predictions.

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Once upon a time, it was comparatively easy to make predictions

Let’s be very, very clear about what the Grammys are. First and foremost, they’re a prime time network TV show

The year is but 14 days old, so with more than 350 days to go, let’s ask this question: If

Off to Las Vegas for CES. Never been before. This should be weird, Meanwhile, here’s some music news for January

It won’t be long until the Christmas shopping credit card bills start coming in. It’s the most un-wonderful time of

Now that American Thanksgiving is almost here, making predictions for 2019 has once become a parlor game for music industry

For my mom, the best time to buy all the supermarket tabloids is right about now when each of their

The people at RedTube–Please. You know the site I’m talking about. Don’t even pretend.–asked users to use their free hands

MIDiA Research, a company that keeps a close eye on how music is evolving in the digital era, offers these

There are plenty of ways to parse the Big Data that can be harvested from music fans who find what

Because of the way the calendar falls and the way in which certain CBS programming was scheduled, the Grammys have

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, […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver