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Random music news for Saturday, June 27, 2020

Tiger King: The smartphone game (and it’s from Carole Baskin; I wonder if the goal is to find her husband?)

A new music industry study called the IMS Business Report took a look at a wide range of stats to

Who says nuns can’t go to a rave? Not in Poland. (Via Danny)

There’s a school of thought that says if you break anything down into the correct number of data points, you

It was on this day in 2000 that Microsoft released Windows ME. I know I installed it, but I just

If you’ve been clubbing over the past several years, you may have noticed that as new music comes out, it’s

For a great read about how the relationship with technology differs with rock music and hip hop and dance, you

Much of yesterday’s music news was written and posted aboard Lufthansa LH470, a 747-400 equipped with FlyNet, the airline’s satellite-delivered

House music? Not my thing, if I’m honest. This guy feels the same way about house and just about every

If you’re a fan of dancing, you may want to know what the New York Times thinks about the various

With WorldPride 2014 coming up in Toronto later this month, this is a good time to look back on how

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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