Category Archives: Radio
Canadian songwriters made on average $67 in royalties from digital platforms in 2021
OTTAWA — The body representing Canada's songwriters and composers has revealed that on average musicians writing their own material earned only $67 last year in royalties from domestic streaming services. SOCAN, which collects the royalties of musicia...
User-generated content not a target of Broadcast Act changes, says heritage minister
OTTAWA — The minister responsible for making changes to Canada's broadcasting laws says legislation he introduced recently does not target user-generated online content.Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault told a House of Commons committee Monday the ai...
Podcast odd couple: Obama, Springsteen in Spotify series
NEW YORK — Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are teaming up for an eight-episode Spotify podcast series, swapping stories about their upbringings and even a White House singalong around a piano. The first two episodes of “Renegades: Born in the USA,”
Cohen seeks to dismantle Trump legacy, one podcast at a time
NEW YORK — The rehabilitation of Michael Cohen has reached a surreal new stage: Quizzing the actor Ben Stiller about his approach to impersonating him on “Saturday Night Live.” Since September, President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer has been ...
Former CBC workers ask CRTC to investigate public broadcaster’s branded content unit
TORONTO — More than 70 former employees of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation want Canada's broadcast regulator to investigate the CBC's new paid-content division, Tandem. The group says it has sent a letter to the Canadian Radio-television and Tele...
Quebec City pulls ads from radio station, citing owners’ disregard for COVID-19
Quebec City has announced it will no longer advertise on a radio station it accuses of encouraging people to disregard the health measures put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. The municipal administration said in a statement tha...
CBC ‘timely’ fall podcasts include ‘Seat at the Table,’ ‘Party Lines’
TORONTO — The CBC has announced what it calls a "smart, timely and relevant" mix of podcasts for the fall, starting with a new season of "Seat at the Table," focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement. The special six-episode limited run