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Random Music News for Friday, September 9, 2016

I’m writing this aboard EVA Air Flight 0035 somewhere above Alaska. Yes, it’s another music conference in the Far East.

Conventional wisdom says that when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, they changed everything. Their

There is no way to overstate the impact these performances had not only on music but on popular culture. More

It’s Super Bowl week in New York. We’re coming up to the 50th anniversary of the Beatles Ed Sullivan Show

Okay, so it won’t be a proper reunion since 50% of the band remains stubbornly dead. But Paul and Ringo

The next big event from the rock’n’roll almanac is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles arrival in America, specifically their

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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