josh o'kane
@joshokane
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"A dogged reporter with a weakness for bad jokes." Business of arts for @globeandmail. Wrote Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy. [email protected]
Toronto
Joined February 2009
I've spent the past three months trying to answer one question: Why are so many arts organizations struggling? Surging costs, dwindling audiences, hesitant patrons and disinterested governments – the math that's long underpinned the arts is utterly broken
theglobeandmail.com
Rising costs. Hesitant audiences. Shaky funding. It’s a make-or-break year for the arts sector
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Today is the thirteenth anniversary of the time I got bumped from talking about the cultural infeasibility of a "Maritime Union" on a national TV network to make room for coverage of the Ikea Monkey
Today is the twelfth anniversary of the time I got bumped from talking about the cultural infeasibility of a "Maritime Union" on a national TV network to make room for coverage of the Ikea Monkey
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David Zaslav giving PTA $150 million to make OBAA is like making your dog a steak before you put it down
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I wrote about this.... a decade ago, somehow
theglobeandmail.com
Exchanging collections of 2015’s favourite music with friends, family and even strangers is a great way to spread the joy
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Good piece on what is lost when you outsource your thinking, tied to Spotify Wrapped, by Liz Pelly. I've always made year-end mixtapes (more recently playlists) of my fav songs of the year to share with friends; I get a lot of joy from putting it together
theguardian.com
The streamer’s annual charts are just another version of the tech that’s alienating us from our inner lives. Hold on to your musical memories and reclaim ownership of your taste
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World Cup contracts turn Toronto and Vancouver bylaw staff into FIFA’s brand police
theglobeandmail.com
Host cities obligated to enforce trademark rights, create brand-exclusive zone around stadiums for official sponsors
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Indie Catalog Buyers Xposure Music Secure $42 Million, Led By Andalusian Credit Partners
billboard.com
Catalog buyer Xposure Music secured $42.5 million in debt financing from hedge funder David Tepper's Andalusian Credit Partners and private investors.
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Colleen Jones, champion curler and CBC reporter, dies at 65
cbc.ca
Jones’s celebrated career paved the way for other women in sport and broadcasting.
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Nice profile on Home Front by @joshokane. Can’t wait for these guys to tour https://t.co/RLjpXn7TwL
theglobeandmail.com
Front man Graeme MacKinnon likens the gradual establishment of the band’s sonic palette to the trajectory of the English band Joy Division
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Op-ed: @jagjaguwar founder @dariusjagjag on the challenges facing independent artists and labels in today's music industry and how regulators can help
stereogum.com
Jagjaguwar's Darius Van Arman on our shared fight against market concentration and for art, culture, and access.
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In some regards Scopes and Dover were polar opposites. In Scopes, the teaching of Darwinism was banned. In Dover, Darwinism was the favored child, and intelligent design was banned.
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I’m speaking at the CBA competition conference in Ottawa where Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell just announced he’s stepping down next month.
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You gotta hand it to this headline
Swifties and AI Chatbots Inspire Cambridge Dictionary to Make ‘Parasocial’ the Word of the Year More: https://t.co/bgXBJy6mEn
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When I featured Katie Wilson in FULFILLMENT just five years ago, she was an earnest, little-known transit advocate in Seattle helping lead the fight to get Amazon to pay more taxes for affordable housing. Now she is mayor. It's quite a background:
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For the weekday crowd: I spent some time at the Philadelphia Art Museum last week, vibe-checking the scene in the aftermath of Canadian director Sasha Suda's dismissal:
theglobeandmail.com
In the wake of the high-profile dismissal of former National Gallery of Canada director Sasha Suda, museum staff say rebrand was unnecessary and ‘bewildering’
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Google accused in lawsuit of using Gemini AI tool to snoop on users
thestar.com
In October, Alphabet Inc. “secretly” turned on Gemini for all users of Gmail, Chat and Meet, enabling it to collect private data “without the users’ knowledge or consent,” according to
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Canadian artists to get slice of resale money for their work through copyright change
theglobeandmail.com
Artist’s Resale Right allows visual artists to benefit from future sales of their work, bringing Canada in line with Britain, Australia, France
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NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award. 70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations. https://t.co/CU9PLQabhz
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Man arrested in 2023 fatal shooting of Toronto singer Mustafa’s brother
thestar.com
The 2023 shooting at Sherbourne and Shuter streets had claimed the life of Mustafa’s older brother, Mohamed Ahmed.
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