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Random music news for Saturday, July 31, 2021

On “vacation” again for the next week, but that doesn’t mean the music news stops, does it? Here’s what’s happening

Broadcasting from around the world for 24 hours, a trio of Canadian stars have joined the lineup for this year’s

Boston Dynamics, now a recently acquired division of Hyundai, offered this to their new South Korean bosses. It’s their (in)famous

Look, everyone should be able to live their life as they choose. However, if you’ve spent $200,000 on plastic surgery

Hello! It’s been a while. Glad to see you again. And now that we’re done with astronomy news, here’s music

This January 6 Capitol rioter admits that he had a plan to destroy the internet by bombing Amazon servers. Craziness.

Just when you thought there was nothing more that could be done with jeans comes these. Thoughts? Let’s move on

A Canadian moon rover? Cool! We know something about dark and cold places. Here’s what you need for music news

Talk about a cool collectible! I’m surprised it went so cheap. Then there’s music news for May 26, 2021. Drake

Need a vacation? Maybe you can volunteer to see if cruises are safe again. Over to music news for May

BTS, the biggest thing to come out of South Korea since–well, ever, maybe, has their second English-language single coming later

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver