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Here’s your last chance to save your Google Play Music files

The door is really finally and for real closing on Google Play Music. Users received an email over the weekend

Question: Humans have created hundreds of breeds of dogs. Why hasn’t anyone bred a dog that lives longer? Just a

It’s finally happening — unfortunately. Users of Google Play Music found out the hard way this week that they can

We all knew it was coming but we hoped we’d have more time. This week, the death toll started to

Still on vacation staycation. Still haven’t accomplished much around the house–except for putting together music news for August 5, 2020.

When Google announced last month it was actually moving forward with its intention to nix Google Play Music and force

Many of us are still trying to come to terms with the loss of Google Play Music. At some point

A few days ago, Google announced it would be rolling out a new, simple way for users of its Play

Maybe we don’t need glasses/eye surgery after all. Cool. On to music news for music news for February 11, 2020.

Today is the 36th birthday of the computer mouse. My carpal tunnel syndrome is not celebrating. And now, some music

The two biggest entities in the world of streaming are YouTube and Spotify. While Spotify has concentrated on just audio,

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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