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Ongoing History of New Music Daily: Mispressed Records

I often get emails from people asking about mispressed CDs and records. Occasionally, there are mixups at the pressing plant

To start the weekend, here’s a puppy riding a rooster. Now let’s try some music news for December 11, 2020.

Look around your place. How many CDs do you have? How many of them still spark joy? How many have

The recorded music industry has gone through a ton of changes in its 100+-year history. This visualization illustrates some of

I think the last time I bought a CD was in the UK about 18 months ago. I’d stumbled on

Plague. Economic ruin. Rioting. Murder hornets. But at least there’s some good news on the Yellowstone supervolcano front. Can you

In my world (albeit a very small one), record stores perform an essential service. But in the interests of crushing

We’ve purchased music in an astonishing number of formats over the last three decades: vinyl, 8-track, cassettes, CD, downloads, streaming,

Finally coming home today, but it’s a long ride: DPS-IST-MUC-YYZ. Shouldn’t take more than, say, 28 hours. Here’s music news

First day of fall. While I love autumn, I’m trying not to think of what’s coming next unless I absolutely

The sales of compact discs have been in a death spiral for almost twenty years and no amount of pulling

Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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Leadership Born on the Pitch – Eva Havaris in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 015 December 15, 2020
Being a truly great leader is not about title or tenure. Regardless of seniority, natural-born leaders rise above obstacles to influence those around them and rally around a common goal. Eva Havaris has been that kind of leader from a young age, first on the pitch and later in the boardroom. In this episode, Eva […]
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