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Pay to play

03/10/2014 by the editor

By TJ Dawe Musicians aren’t making money from album sales anymore, people say. They make their money on tour. They’ve been giving their music away themselves since Myspace. CDs are as dead as cassettes. Listen to anything you want on Spotify, Grooveshark, Pandora, YouTube. Bit Torrent it and rip it as you please. It’s damn […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: business, finance, internet, music, online music

The Indiegogo fix

04/15/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten One of the biggest stories in the entertainment world in the last month has been the unstoppable support given to the long-ago cancelled television series “Veronica Mars.“ Fans have rallied behind show creator Rob Thomas, not just with enthusiasm, but with dollars to make a feature film version happen. Thomas’s Veronica Mars […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: film, finance, internet, money, television

Canadian tech: thriving, not vanishing

07/09/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Mark Evans According to a feature story in Saturday’s Globe and Mail, Canada’s tech sector is vanishing. Not only that but “the air is quickly coming out of Canada’s high tech sector – or what’s left of it.” First reaction: this is a troubling situation. Second reaction after reading the lengthy story: It’s an […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Canada, finance, Globe and Mail, Research in Motion, startups, Toronto Stock Exchange

Canada’s startup landscape: sexy?

06/05/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Mark Evans It must have been quite the party last week at the Canadian Venture Capital Association’s annual meeting in Montreal. In stark contrast to previous years, it seems attendees were downright giddy about the venture capital landscape and where it’s heading. It may be that after several years of bad news, a glimmer […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: business, Canada, finance, startups, venture capital

Ottawa ventures forth

04/09/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Mark Evans While Canada’s venture capital sector is showing signs of improvement, it is a long way from being robust, let alone healthy. So it was encouraging to see the Conservatives commit $500-million to support venture capital initiatives. The support consists of $400-million into VC investment, although the details have not been disclosed yet, […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: business, Canada, finance

The Occupy the World message couldn’t be simpler

10/16/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Montreal Simon I missed the Occupy the World march to St. James Park in Toronto. But when I saw the pictures on TV at work, and I saw how the Occupy movement is spreading. I knew that I was right when I said the other day that this is a movement that could change […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, economics, finance, Occupy the World, Occupy Wall Street, Toronto

Canada’s startups get the flag

07/18/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Mark Evans Canada’s startup landscape is healthier than ever, as evidenced by the recent International Startup Festival in Montreal. Putting aside the ambitious name (I would have selected something like the Canadian Startup Festival), the fact that it was well-organized and well-attended suggests there might just be some real traction within the startup community. […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: business, Canada, finance, Google, internet, Montreal

Canada’s startup scene gains traction

04/06/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Mark Evans In many ways, the sale of Radian6 was just a matter of time. As a leading player in the fast-growing social media monitoring business, Radian6 was a big target for anyone looking to quickly establish a strong foothold. So when Salesforce.com rolled in with a $326-million offer, it wasn’t much of a […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: business, Canada, finance, social media, Technology

Goldman Sachs McGuinty

05/12/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside Ish Theilheimer at Straight Goods wonders why there has been no public outcry about McGuinty’s decision to hire Goldman Sachs to come up with a privatization blueprint for 49% of Hydro One, Ontario Power Generation, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. The LCBO, OLG, Hydro One […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canadian politics, Dalton McGuinty, finance, Goldman Sachs, Ontario

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

Trudeau on quantum computing

The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

Rick Meyers in Nanaimo Pride Parade

My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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Triumph of the drama nerds

By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

First Nations defending Lelu Island

The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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