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Here’s the one thing I miss most about CDs

The first time I ran into a hidden track on a CD was with an early edition of Nirvana’s Nevermind.

I have a room off my office I call the CD Vault. It’s crammed with maybe 10,000 compact discs dating

If you go back to today’s Random Music News, you’ll see that CD sales have taken another huge dump, dropping

Over the decades, the CBC has become one of the biggest repositories of recorded music in the known world. Its

If Dolly the Cloned Sheep were still alive, she’d be 21 today. In music news for February 22, 2018… The

From the end of the Great War until the Crash of ’29, record sales increased year after year after year.

So far this year, Canadian compact disc sales are down 38% vs. this time last year. At best, 9 million

There’s been a lot of talk about how the CD is dead, killed by the relentless uptick in streaming. Yes,

Back in the 90s, the strip of Toronto’s Yonge Street between Queen and Gerrard was record store heaven. Starting with

Over the weekend, we heard that Best Buy was going to phase out selling CDs in all remaining stores that

If trends in consumer behaviour continue, fewer than 10 million CDs will be sold in Canada in 2018 as streaming

Making an Impact, Together! – Kate McKenna & Donnovan Bennett in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 022 February 22, 2021
Personality, intelligence, and work ethic can take you a long way in life. In the media business, however, these traits are simply not enough. Not only will you have to sacrifice to make your dreams come true, but those closest to you will have to share that commitment and all that comes with it. Now […]
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Chasing a Dream – Keith Pelley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 021 February 8, 2021
From a young hotshot TV producer to one of the world’s top sports executives, Keith Pelley continues to chase his dreams. As Keith puts it, “life is about adventures”, and what an epic one he’s been on, culminating with the European Golf Tour where he’s now CEO and Commissioner. In this episode Keith shares stories […]
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Who’s Ready for a Monkey Knife Fight? – Nic Sulsky in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 020 February 1, 2021
Long before the dawn of the internet, fantasy gaming and betting were already wildly popular pastimes for sports fans and gamblers. Fast forward to today, and the internet has more than caught up, it’s the dawn of a new day! We’re seeing explosive growth in the market cap and revenue of dozens of fantasy and […]
Mark Silver