Industry

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  Select Just for Laughs Assets Acquired by ComediHa!

  PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2024

  Quebec-based entertainment firm ComediHa! claims to have reached an agreement to acquire "select" assets from from Montreal comedy giant...

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  Online Streaming Services to Be Required to Support Canadian Content

  PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2024

  Online streaming services operating in Canada will now be required to contribute five percent of their Canadian revenue to support the...

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  Music by Women Still Vastly Underrepresented on Canadian Radio

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2024

  Despite our so-called "best" efforts, gender parity and equity continue to be things that inevitably elude us in a patriarchal society. A...

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  Coldplay Beat Their Eco-Touring Emissions Goals

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2024

  A year ago, Coldplay gave an update on their mission to reduce their tour emissions by half, saying their 'Music of the Spheres' tour had...

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  Hackers Reportedly Steal Data from Millions of Ticketmaster Accounts

  PUBLISHED May 30, 2024

  An alleged 560 million Ticketmaster users have had their personal data stolen, according to a hacker group attempting to sell the...

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  The Notorious B.I.G. Planned to Cut Ties with Diddy Before His Murder

  PUBLISHED May 30, 2024

  The Notorious B.I.G.'s working relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs has always been viewed as a significant factor in his rise to fame, but...

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  Straight Outta Moose Jaw: Hip-Hop Nostalgia Is Big Business for Small Cities Across Canada

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2024

  To paraphrase Ice Cube's biggest hit: we gotta say it's a good day. Not just for the South Central L.A. neighbourhood he rapped so famously...

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  FINNEAS Slams 6.8 'Pitchfork' Score for Billie Eilish's 'HIT ME HARD AND SOFT'

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2024

  As a music writer, one of the most frustrating and disheartening things to see is a musician — especially one in the big pop-star realm...