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Random music news for Friday, September 25, 2020

I gotta stop buying the stuff advertised in Instagram. My record is Pieces of Crap 5, Actually Useful Stuff 1.

This could be the weirdest radio station I’ve ever heard of. Cool. Back to reality with a look at music

Willie O’Ree, the first Black player in the NHL, played his first game with the NY Rangers on this day

If you’re going to a movie this weekend, note that Thomas Edison patented something called “motion pictures” on this day

Plastic (or at least the first version of it) is 110 years old today. As for music news for February

The sound you heard at midnight was a bunch of radio stations flipping to an all-Christmas format for the rest

Today is the 55th anniversary of the Washington-Moscow hotline that went into use after the Cuban missile crisis. And when

The rainbow flag of gay pride was first flown in San Francisco on this day in 1978. And as for

Why is DST still a thing? It plays hell on the mind and body. It’s never been proven to do

I walked into a restaurant for bacon and eggs this morning and what’s the first thing I heard? Mariah Carey’s

On this day in 1994, WXYC, a campus radio station, made the first Internet radio broadcast. And what’s happening as

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 […]
Mark Silver
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
Creating An Entertainment Culture – Jeremy Cammy In Conversation With Tbp Podcast Ep 009 October 27, 2020
Thinking back, pre-covid, did you consider that visit to your local big-box bookstore an entertainment experience? For those lucky enough to attend a book signing or celebrity talk, you’re even more aware of the lasting impact that encounter had on your deep connection to the store’s brand. For Canadian retailer Indigo, at the centre of […]
Mark Silver