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Random music news for Monday, July 19, 2021

Three people died and two more were taken to hospital because of carbon monoxide poisoning at a Michican music festival.

In a move that will have metalheads scratching their heads, Metallica has just announced two releases surrounding the 30th anniversary

Want to feel small and insignificant? Read this. Now come back to earth with music news for June 17, 2021.

This January 6 Capitol rioter admits that he had a plan to destroy the internet by bombing Amazon servers. Craziness.

What I’m about to tell you sounds like one of those made-up rock’n’roll stories, but trust me when I say

Got Zoom fatigue? Science says that while it affects everyone, you’re more apt to get it if you’re female. If

I don’t like green beer. I do like music news for March 17, 2021. Why aren’t there more protest songs

Anything to get the word out so people get the jab.

I had kinda predicted this: Research into the coronavirus could give us a cure for the common cold. Maybe. Good

It’s Cyber Monday. But given that so many of us are in lockdown anyway, is that even a thing this

What a way to go. Wow. I’ll stick with compiling music news for November 19, 2020. Coronavirus update: This band

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 […]
Mark Silver