👤 Alan Cross

9 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
9
2026-09-06 – 2026-10-18
Claims per article
46
411 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,887
characters · 1 tagged analysis
Writes for Global News.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Entertainment
89%
Economy/Business
11%
Most-tagged topics
CFNYU.K.Abu DhabiAmericaAnglophileBillboardBramptonBritish

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More from this journalist

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2026-10-18 · Global News · Entertainment
Is the concert residency slowly replacing traditional touring?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-16 · Global News · Entertainment
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1090: 1976-The birth year of alt-rock, part 2
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-12 · Global News · Entertainment
Ongoing History Daily: Music and psychologist Arthur Janov
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-11 · Global News · Economy/Business
Here’s how the U.K. manages to produce so much innovation in music
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-04 · Global News · Entertainment
Hands up everyone who’s never heard Choosin’ Texas by Ella Langley
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-28 · Global News · Entertainment
David Marsden, the architect of CFNY and the Spirit of Radio, has died
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-06 · Global News
Music was just saved from a copyright apocalypse by a American judge
🔮 Just ask Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams what they went through with their song Blurred Lines (which they lost), or Ed Sheeran, who battled over the originality of his Shape of You (in which he eventually prevailed). assertive
2026-09-20 · Global News
The fevered quest for a song (that might be) called “CIA”
🔮 The prevailing theory is that this is some band from somewhere in Southern Ontario that may have entered one of the station’s talent searches, called The Great Ontario Talent Search, a winter project that ran between October 1984 and February 1985 and typically received more than a thousand entries annually. assertive
2026-09-27 · Global News
A new book sheds light on the birth of punk in New York City fifty years ago
🔮 How would you describe this book? assertive
2026-09-28 · Global News
David Marsden, the architect of CFNY and the Spirit of Radio, has died
🔮 I will be forever grateful to David for hiring me back in the fall of 1986. assertive
2026-10-04 · Global News
Hands up everyone who’s never heard Choosin’ Texas by Ella Langley
🔮 In the old days, the magazine would call out to a panel of select record stores to find out which 45 RPM, seven-inch singles sold the most over the previous seven days. assertive
2026-10-11 · Global News
Here’s how the U.K. manages to produce so much innovation in music
🔮 Where you come into the world determines much of how your life will turn out, as my brother-in-law, a professor with a specialty in how geography impacts the arts, will tell you. assertive
2026-10-12 · Global News
Ongoing History Daily: Music and psychologist Arthur Janov
🔮 You may not know the name Arthur Janov, but he had an unusual influence on music. assertive
2026-10-18 · Global News
Is the concert residency slowly replacing traditional touring?
🔮 Going on tour as a major artist is like mobilizing an army for an offensive that will last months, if not years. assertive
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