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"Six-hundred-and-seventy-two days… but who’s counting. The hardest, longest, most exhausting time in the history-of-forever has come with unyielding downs, but also some genuine ups."
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Shaw Rogers, Brian Cox, Global News, Lucian Grainge, Covid, and The Economist's 5 stories to watch out for make headlines today.
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Jan 13, 2022
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Under his leadership, Astral experienced 17 consecutive years of growth before being sold to Bell as part of a 2013 transaction valued at $3.38 billion and remains the most expensive transaction in the Canadian media industry.
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In total, more than $1.8 million was distributed in 2021 and $3.8 million since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020, but more is needed to fulfill the anticipated requests.
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Jan 11, 2022
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Here is this week's MRC Data Market Watch report which features Canadian music stats for the current week and YTD with comparisons to last year. This chart is published every Tuesday. The... |
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Jan 12, 2022
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Each week, Essentials allows Canadian musicians to share the things that have helped them get through the pandemic, and why they still can’t live without them. Here are the choices of an emerging singer/songwriter with a notable surname.
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Jan 12, 2022
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It seemed like guitar hero Domenic was always around, either through the live thing or a major recording. Finally, the history is written, and with brother Frank in his corner, it was only a matter of time those remembrances would be collected and in print. The book is Domenic Troiano, His Life and Music, co-authored by Frank and Mark Doble. Learn more here.
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Jan 12, 2022
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Covid-19 has impacted many facets of the music biz, but new releases and reissues continue apace, and are now increasing after the holiday break. Notables with new albums include Cat Power, Richard Carpenter, Eliza Gilkyson, Impending Doom, The Lumineers, and Grace Cummings. Canadians include Moist (pictured), Nick Zyla, Valley, Malcolm Burn, Chastity, Broken Social Scene, and Bernie Senensky.
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Jan 12, 2022
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This week's column posts 128 positions after 14 deletions, up from last week's total of 115 openings.
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Jan 13, 2022
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Alex Lifeson’s new band Envy Of None (pictured) is launched, BreakOut West is forced to go virtual, and the Blue Jay Sessions return to Calgary. Also in the news are Toronto Songwriting School, Indie Weekly, Opera Atelier, Karl Wolf, and the CFMA, and farewell to Vince Fontaine, Burke Shelley, and Ronnie Spector.
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Jan 13, 2022
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Danny Michel (pictured) slots into a new activity, Hamilton’s Staircase Theatre is another pandemic casualty, and major label revenue surges. Also in the headlines are NEXT magazine, Gideon Arthurs, Lucian Grainge, Capitol, Africori, Primary Wave , Paul Rodgers, Morgan Wallen, Elvis Costello, Coachella, Poly Styrene, and Allen Toussaint.
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