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Random music news for Friday, June 11, 2021

Britain is one of the most sweariest places in the world. And now some want it to be less sweary?

As this wretched, wretched year comes to an end, here’s something else to be paranoid about: You are nothing but

Merry Christmas! Bet you thought there’d be no music news for December 25, did you? Wrong. An original Dave Grohl

Give it a moment. You’ll get it. (Via Tom) Here’s what I have for music news for October 19, 2020.

The people over at Forbes love to track how much money celebrities make. Their latest list has to do with

On this day in 1973, the first-ever handheld mobile phone call was made. As for music news on April 3,

I rolled up the rim to win and all I got was four more weeks of winter. Now all I

On this day in 1994, WXYC, a student radio station at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, became the

On this day in 1947, Meet the Press debuted on TV. It’s still on, making it the longest-running TV show

Okay, people time to take down the Halloween decorations. Those skeletons hanging in the tree in the front yard aren’t

I was hoping the weather in Vancouver (I’m here for the Junos) would be better than the weather in Toronto. Nope.

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
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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