Digital Media at the Crossroads
A Conference on the Future of Content in Digital Media
A conference all students and professionals in digital media should attend!
HEAR ALL ABOUT:
– Current Trends in Digital Media in Canada
– Subscription Streaming – the Rise of Netflix, Pandora and Spotify
– Applying the Metrics of Social Media to the Cultural Industries
– The Future of Niche Titles and Services in a Digital World
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
–
Mark Allen, Director, Research & Analysis, CBC
–
–
Liv Buli, Data Journalist, Next Big Sound, New York City
Astra Taylor, author, “The People’s Platform:
Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age”
WHEN?
Saturday, January 24, 2015
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE?
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
80 Queen’s Park, Toronto
Regular Registration Rate:
University Faculty Rate:
Special Student Rate:
$399
$99
$39
Rates include HST, program materials and buffet lunch.
Program schedule and registration: www.digitalmediaatthecrossroads.ca
SPONSORED BY:
Arts and Media Administration
MBA Program, Schulich School
of Business, York University
Centre for Innovation Law and
Policy, Faculty of Law,
University of Toronto
Faculty of Music,
University of Toronto
Canadian Digital
Media Network
Digital Media Zone,
Ryerson University
Ted Rogers School of Management,
Ryerson University
Rotman School of Management,
University of Toronto
OCAD University
School of the Arts, Media,
Performance and Design,
York University
Ontario Media Development
Corporation (OMDC)
Entertainment, Media and
Communications Law Section,
Ontario Bar Association
Canadian Film Centre
School of Creative Industries,
Faculty of Communication & Design,
Ryerson University
McLuhan Program in Culture and
Technology, Faculty of Information
Sciences, University of Toronto
Stratford Campus,
University of Waterloo
Coalition for Cultural Diversity,
Montréal
Digital Media at the Crossroads
A Conference on the Future of Content in Digital Media
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Saturday, January 24, 2015
8:00 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction: Don McLean, Dean, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
9:10 a.m.
Keynote Address: “Trends in Digital Media in Canada”
Speaker:
Mark Allen, Director, Research and Analysis, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
9:40 a.m.
Subscription Streaming: New Developments and Business Models
The rise of subscription streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and Beats Music for music and Netflix for
TV has disrupted earlier services but given rise to potential new business models. A panel of experts
discusses how these models work and their likely impact on the cultural industries. The potential role of the
music collectives is also highlighted.
Moderator:
Paul Hoffert, Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property & Digital Media, Faculties of Music,
Information and Law, University of Toronto
Papers:
“Mobile Devices and the Canadian Music Sector”, Gregory McClary, Schulich School of Business
“A User’s Guide to Canadian Copyright Tariffs”, Keith Rose, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Discussants:
Shelley Stein-Sacks, Chief Strategic Officer, Praesentia Inc., Montréal
Catherine Moore, Professor of Music Business, Steinhardt School, NYU
11:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
11:30 a.m.
Incubate, Accelerate and Launch
In this session, three speakers will discuss the life cycle of digital media products and companies, and the
institutions that are available to assist them. The Transmedia Zone will explain how it nourishes the birth
process, Idea Boost will explain how it accelerates the evolution of companies and Maduri Associates will
describe how companies get financed and launched.
Moderator:
Richard Stursberg, former executive vice president of CBC/Radio Canada
Speakers:
Ramona Pringle, Transmedia Zone, RTA School of Media, Ryerson University
Ana Serrano, Chief Digital Officer, Canadian Film Centre
Anne Marie Maduri, President, Maduri and Associates
1:00 p.m.
Buffet Luncheon (provided)
Digital Media at the Crossroads
A Conference on the Future of Content in Digital Media
PROGRAM SCHEDULE (continued)
1:45 p.m.
Luncheon Address: “Social Media and the Cultural Industries”
Speaker:
Liv Buli, Data Journalist, Next Big Sound, New York City
2:15 p.m.
“Average is Over” - The Decline of the Niche Title or Service; What Can Be Done?
In over-the-air television, the “top 20” programs have devolved to the “top 10”; in specialty television, niche
services may be at risk in a “pick-a-pack” world; in film, the mid-budget indie title is in trouble; in books, the
mid-list title is imperilled. In a world of unlimited choice, can smaller Canadian titles and services survive the
dominance of the blockbusters and the big players? What government policies are called for?
Moderator:
Peter S. Grant, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto and Schulich School of Business,
York University
Speaker:
Astra Taylor, author, “The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age”
Discussants:
Raja Khanna, CEO, Television & Digital, Blue Ant Media
Gary Maavara, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, Corus Entertainment Inc.
3:45 p.m.
Closing Wrapup: Don McLean, Dean, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
4:00 p.m.
Termination of Program; Networking Reception
Liv Buli is the resident data journalist for music analytics company Next Big Sound. Liv grew
up in Oslo, Norway, but moved to New York to get her master's degree in Journalism at NYU's
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Her work has appeared in Newsweek Daily Beast,
Forbes, Billboard, Hypebot and more. Next Big Sound is a music analytics company based in
New York City that works to uncover insights and provide context for the industry based on
social, sales, streaming and event data for more than a million artists. In May 2014, the
company announced a new division, Next Big Book, and its first publishing partnership, with
Macmillan Publishers. When Liv is not busy attending concerts and asking too many questions,
she is writing data-driven stories about all facets of the music industry.
Astra Taylor is a writer, documentary filmmaker (including Zizek! and Examined Life), and
activist, based in New York. Her book, The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture
in the Digital Age (Metropolitan Books), was published in April 2014. In a laudatory review in
the New York Times, Tim Wu said “Taylor’s thesis is simply stated… The web never really
threatened to overthrow the old media’s upper echelons, whether defined as superstars, like
Beyoncé, big broadcast television shows or Hollywood studios. Instead, it was the cultural
industry’s middle-classes that have been wiped out and replaced by new cultural plantations
ruled over by the West Coast aggregators… “The People’s Platform” has the flavor of a “Roger
& Me” for the American cultural industries, and it will resonate with those in the creative
classes who have seen their lives made harder by the web: writers of serious nonfiction,
musicians, playwrights, novelists and investigative journalists.”
Digital Media at the Crossroads
A Conference on the Future of Content in Digital Media
REGISTRATION
Digital Media at the Crossroads
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Fee per delegate:
Regular rate:
$353.10 plus 13% HST for a total of $399
University Faculty rate:
$87.61 plus 13% HST for a total of $99
Special student rate:
$34.51 plus 13% HST for a total of $39
Fees include attendance, program materials and a buffet lunch.
For Ontario lawyers, this program contains 5.5 Substantive CPD hours.
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TWO CONVENIENT WAYS TO REGISTER
1.
MAIL your completed registration form, with a cheque payable to “DM@X”,
to Dina Garcia, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Music,
University of Toronto, Edward Johnson Building,
80 Queens Park Crescent,
Toronto, ON M5S 2C5
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ONLINE at www.digitalmediaatthecrossroads.ca