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This new Google News feature could be the most important thing in a long time

Years ago I ran across a great term: ego-casting. It describes our tendency to only seek out and consume things that

What are your biggest issues with playlists? Do they take too long to make? Are they too static and unchanging?

Chance are that if you have a smartphone, you’ve downloaded Shazam, the magical app that “listens” to a song and

In yet another example of how the Age of Skynet is moving ever closer, we have this story about rapping

Between 1963 and 1970, the Beatles underwent a series of astonishing musical transformations, moving from “I Want to Hold Your

Let’s face it: there’s just too much music. Many of us spend too much of our time researching and looking

A group of engineering students at the University of California, San Diego, are working on an algorithm that can look

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver