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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

ASCAP, the American performance rights collective, has assessed which holiday songs have been played and performed the most in that

This sums things up perfectly. Don’t be a red shirt. (Via Laughing Squid) And now, music news for July 3,

‘Tis the season, after all, to take stock of all that came before in the god-forsaken year that was 2016

Turns out, not everyone in the entertainment and music world is convinced the US president-elect will be bad for business.

The dust has started to settle since the US Department of Justice announced, for certain, it would not be making

The Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust division on Thursday announced it wouldn’t be modifying the 75-year-old consent decree program that

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