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If you’re a member of Gen X, the music of your youth is the new classic rock

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back when The Simpsons still offered biting social commentary, season seven

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Call it the revenge of the boomers. Music publishing is both

About a year ago, filmmaker Daniel Sarkissian asked me to sit for an interview on the topic of classic rock.

Cameron Gordon’s Completely Ignored went through the streams generated by classic rock artists. Here’s what he found out. Click here

I saw some romaine lettuce on sale at my grocery store. so it must be safe. right? So can we

Both the US and the UK are back to work after a long weekend today, so is there any music

On this day in 1902, the Antikythera Mechanism was discovered. We still don’t know who made it. Or when. As

I started writing this post just before I boarded flights from Singapore to Toronto via Taipei. In the way was

Major League Baseball players went on strike on this day in 1994. That was a bad one. It took me

While the music of the Beatles, the Stones, Led Zeppelin and others of their age will remain with us forever,

Seventy years ago, something crashed at Roswell, New Mexico. Probably a stupid grey. And now, the music news for July

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