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Random music news for Wednesday, September 23, 2020

The battle between Star Wars and Star Trek has been taken to a whole new level. Now let’s concentrate on

Surprisingly good, actually.

Cool. A floating Apple Store. Elsewhere in music news for September 11, 2020… Why do artists get paid so little

Is it cake? Let’s find out. (You’ll see what I mean.) Now some music news for July 22, 2020. Coronavirus

If hair salons don’t reopen soon, I’ll be back into ponytail territory for the time time in decades. This would

At one point, professing any kind of love for ABBA was considered to be highly uncool. Over the years, though,

Worried that you’re vulnerable to the Wuhan flu? What year were you born? There’s a connection, apparently. Now that I’ve

Leonardo DiCaprio turns 45 today. He still looks, like, 17. Moving on to music news for November 11, 2019… If

I’ll be weirded out by this date for the rest of my life. Let’s deflect from that by looking at

On this day in 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed a new company called Microsoft. I hear it’s done

On this day in 1986, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry,

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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