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Weekly survey: Which rock act would you pick the for the Super Bowl halftime show?

The NFL wants to have at least 100 million people watching the Pepsi-sponsored halftime show, which is why they’re always

The NFL and its sponsors like to make a big deal about the Super Bowl halftime show. We’re already being

We’re two weeks away from Super LIV in Miami so it’s time to turn our attention to goofy prop bets

If you spent any time watching football yesterday, you’ll know that after weeks of rumours, Maroon 5 is 100% officially

Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean the music news stops. Here’s what we know is happening for December 25, 2018.

Maroon 5 is under pressure to give up their slot at the Super Bowl halftime show. A petition has over

I love writing for Alan Cross and his Journal of Musical Things, but there are times when he expects me

I always start to get nervous when the calendar clicks over to August. Don’t you? And now, the music news

The New England Patriots (damn you, Tom Brady!) and the Atlanta Falcons for Super Bowl LI in Houston February 5,

So: thoughts on Coldplay’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl? I thought it was a bad decision to book them

The Super Bowl halftime show–all 12 minutes of it–is, for many, more important than the game itself. With a potential

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