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A documentary on the disastrous Woodstock 99 festival is coming to HBO

I remember watching Woodstock 99 on TV and thinking “Damn, I’m SO glad I’m not there.” It was stupidly hot.

The rock docs keep coming. A deep dive into Tina Turner’s life is both very welcome and long overdue. Here’s

Ten days until Christmas. Maybe you’ll get something like this under the tree. But hopefully not. (Via John) Now some

Good news, Virginia! It’ll soon become legal for unmarried heterosexual people to have sex! Yes, you read that correctly. And

For some reason, it always takes a couple of weeks for HBO to edit together everything for annual The Rock

The estate of Michael Jackson is furious that Leaving Neverland exists. Crowds at Sundance were aghast at what they heard

Please, people: If there’s snow on the hood or roof of your car, sweep it off before you head out

Winging home from Las Vegas today, so an entire day is lost to travel. But before I boarded my Air Canada

Now that it’s September, I wonder how long it’ll be before some radio station flips to its annual all-Christmas format?

A long weekend here in Canada. I’m trying not to remember that this is the third of our four summer

The end-of-summer season sales are now on. I’m not ready for this. I can, however, offer some music news for

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