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Canadian feds promise $500 million for arts and creative industries

If you know someone who works in the arts, you’ll know that they’re really. really hurting. With all work dried

What is loud rock music without the guitar? We need never wonder, but we can take the time to reflect

The lineup for this year’s Coachella was announced yesterday, sending everyone to the poster to parse which bands are represented

Thanks to FYI Music for digging through a Statistics Canada report for these numbers. I quote: Statistics Canada has released

Now this sounds like an interesting book. Jon Fine, guitarist with Bitch Magnet, has a different take on the culture

That’s right: it’s all a South Korean plot. From NPR: In the late ’90s, when Asia went through a huge

As KRS-One declares in the opening seconds of this movie, this isn’t your usual history of hip hop. It’s much,

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