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Random music news for Friday, May 29, 2020

Paranoid? Try this product. If you buy it, you’ve got bigger problems (Via Larry). This is music news for May

The music festival is hardly a recent creation. People have been gathering in fields to hear music for centuries. In

With only a few short months of adequate weather, Canadians go nuts for the outdoors between the May long weekend

Cam Gordon’s Completely Ignored site has come up with this analysis of the bands who played Edgefest when the event

For many, Edgefest, the 102.1 the Edge/Toronto-staged summer festival, was a rite of passage. The event dates back to 1987

There was a time not that long ago when summer music festivals were a thing for Europeans and (maybe) Australians.

Edgefest, the long-running summer concert staged by 102.1 the Edge, has its roots in what was supposed to be a

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