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Random music news for Saturday, September 15, 2018

Gotta take the dogs for detailing today. Let someone else struggle with 25 kg bull terriers who don’t like having

If there’s one cool non-football thing about the World Cup, it’s our quadriennial instruction in vexillology. Back to music news

May 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, HomePod

Apple came late to the smart speaker game and lags far behind Google Home and Amazon’s Echo line. It doesn’t

Queen Victoria has been dead since 1901, but we’re eternally grateful for this May holiday. She was actually born on

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

Go home, polar vortex. You’re drunk. That’s all I’ve got–other than these music news items for April 14, 2018. Here

On this day in 1993–25 years ago–a show called The Ongoing History of New Music ran for the first time.

When Apple bought Beats for more than $3 billion in 2014, they acquired the entire line of Beats headphones, which

Fifteen years ago today, one of the worst concert tragedies in history happened with a pyro display during a Great

Good thing for computer calendars. Otherwise, how would we able to keep track of which February weekends across the continent

Valentine’s Day: a made-up holiday designed to make dudes feel guilty and single people even more lonely. Who needs it?

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 […]
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