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Random music news for Thursday, June 14, 2018

Donald Trump’s friends are Russia, China, and North Korea. His enemies are Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. What’s wrong with

A federal court in Virginia ruled that an ISP could be held liable for one of its users sharing pirated

Muzit’s policy on people who download music without paying for it is kind of counter-intuitive: If you can’t beat it

Off to Winnipeg for Christmas. It’ll be very white. And now, the music news. Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst has been

Damn you, polar vortex! Bono has some good things to say about streaming. You know how some say Thom Yorke

You may have heard about Thom Yorke released his second solo album, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, on BitTorrent, asking for $6

When I was at the M for Montreal festival back in November, a highly placed source from the Bandcamp, er, camp

Shop, consumers, shop! (And for American readers confused as to why we Canadians seems to devote a shopping day to pugilism,

Remember that cryptic post by Thom Yorke earlier in the week? Turns out it was a foreshadow of something to

I’m almost ready to declare the new puppy house trained. Yay! Name the only band to ever perform a concert

I think 3D printing is super-cool, although I’m beginning to see parallels with the introduction of the fax machine back

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
Mark Silver