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Billboard Canada 40 Under 40

Richard Trapunski, National Editor, Billboard Canada

Billboard Canada is celebrating the next generation of music industry leaders.

Billboard’s influential 40 Under 40 has long recognized the executives and innovators shaping the global music business. For the first time, Billboard Canada brings this recognition north of the border, spotlighting the next generation of leaders driving the country’s evolving music industry.


Welcome to the inaugural edition of Billboard Canada 40 Under 40. Creative visionaries, savvy marketers, boundary-pushing artist managers, cultural curators and live leaders highlight the list of young leaders pushing music forward.

Throughout, you’ll find wise words from the young leaders about the challenges they have overcome and the opportunities that motivate them most about Canadian music right now. It shows the ambition and talent that will define the future of the industry.

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Ontario Raises Maximum Penalty for Illegal Ticket Resale to $25,000

Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls the move a "massive win" for fans in Ontario, after imposing a ban on the resale of tickets above face value in April.

The Ontario government is once again cracking down on the ticket resale market.

The Ford government has announced that it will be raising the maximum penalty for reselling tickets above face value from $10,000 to $25,000, more than doubling the fine. The change is meant to discourage businesses and individuals from violating recent legislation in the province that caps ticket resale at face value and will take effect on June 10, just ahead of the FIFA World Cup's arrival in Toronto.

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