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Random music news for Saturday, July 25, 2020

THAT is one smelly poo. This music news for July 25, 2020, is much less stinky. Corornavirus update 1: Uncle

Drunk pigs result in better bacon? Uh, okay. Off to look at music news for July 23, 2020. Coronavirus update

With so many people being forced to stay home because of the coronavirus, you gotta wonder what’s gonna happen with

All in good fun, right Chris?

In 1952, The Great Smog descended over London on this day. It was truly awful. Moving to music news for

Is Cyber Monday still a thing now that almost everyone has high-speed broadband? Chew on that while you browse through

On this day in 1962, JFK delivered his “We will go to the moon” speech. Fast-forward 57 years to September

No basketball. No hockey. I feel so…empty. Best just concentrate on music news for June 17, 2019. And here come

Yes, we’re up and running again after nearly two weeks issues with our web hosting service. It was THEIR fault

Sixty years ago today, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened for business. Moving on to music news for April 25, 2019…

Why is daylight saving time still a thing? Introduced during World War 1 as a way of conserving energy (and

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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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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