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Ongoing History Daily: File-trading in the olden days

Before streaming, before iTunes, even before Napster and file-sharing, people were illegally exchanging music using other online methods. If you

There’s an election today? Gee, that snuck up on us, didn’t it? Maybe there’s also some music news… One of

A bad earthquake struck Vancouver Island 70 years ago today. They’re still waiting for their Big One. And now in

Here’s a selection of Prince news from around the world that doesn’t involve his cause of death. Here’s the moment

Late last year, AOL, the owners of Winamp, announced that after about 15 years, the iconic MP3 player/ripper had outlived

It looked as if AOL was going to close down the venerable Winamp a few days before Christmas. But there’s

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