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Here are the biggest Christmas songs released this century

Once certain types of radio stations discovered they could rack up big ratings by playing nothing but Christmas music for

It’s that time of year when people spend more time in the kitchen getting ready for/cooking for/cleaning up after the

Now that we’re into December, here come all the year-end lists. YouTube Canada has published several such lists. Let’s go

If there’s a genre that celebrates cars in its music videos, it’s gotta be hip-hop and rap. But given that

A gambling site called Gala Bingo commissioned some research about motivational songs. They went through 450,000 Spotify playlists and collected

Forbes once again rooted through the financial dealings of dead celebrities for this year’s highest-paid list. You may be surprised

Specifically, the most popular lullabies country by country. If you have a wee one and you want to mix things

Unless you’re in Sweden, you’re gonna be staying home for at least another Monday. That gives you time–a LOT of

With everything we’re going through, the 2010s feels like a century ago. In reality, though, it’s been a little more

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Overheard on British radio: a customer had this conversation with a

Long after this crisis has passed, we will be talking about this unprecedented planetary lockdown. And we’ll also be singing

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver