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Is facial recognition coming to a show near you?

Going to a concert should be about the fun, not a scenario in which people are worried about their photo

The community of musicians is like any other. While most people are good, you will have your bad actors: musicians

Nickelback played Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday night. This is what greeted them. The warning came with this. And since

The community of musicians is like any other. While most people are good, you will have your bad actors: musicians

The criminal justice system is a very weird ecosystem, especially in the United States. Slate looks at how prosecutors are

I spend a couple of hours in Narita Airport long enough yesterday to hear the news about how two members

Ian Watkins is supposed to spend the next 35 years in jail for 13 different child porn offences, including attempted

It seemed like a normal night at LaPita’s Restaurant in Annapolis, Maryland–until there were some objections over the music being

Something seemed wrong with Pearl Jam’s accounts. Over the course of about four years, $380,000 had gone missing. Cash flow

Ian Watkins, the sicko singer of Lostprophets, was sentenced to 35 years in jail Wednesday for a series of hideous

Ian Watkins, the former singer for the Welsh band Lostprophets, is going to jail for a long time. Probably not

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