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Random music news for Monday, June 21, 2021

This is one weird looking animal. Now we’re off to music news for June 21, 2021. French police broke up

Three? Oh, dear. Will all of them, you know, work? Think about that as you browse music news for April

Speaking of painful experience, the infotainment systems in Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles suck. They’re slow, don’t hold a connection

Tiger King: The smartphone game (and it’s from Carole Baskin; I wonder if the goal is to find her husband?)

I’m fascinated with the evolution of the car radio. It began with a tube-powered insanely expensive tube-powered aftermarket item in

Buying a new car? Chances are you’re just as concerned about what kind of electronics are in the dashboard as

Off to Nashville today for a chat with Metallica. Kirk Hammett and I will inevitably have a conversation on our

QNX, a division of BlackBerry, is all about the software that powers automobile infotainment systems. Here’s what they demonstrated at

RAIN reports on a new study by Edison Research on how we consume audio entertainment in our vehicles as we

Donald Trump’s friends are Russia, China, and North Korea. His enemies are Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. What’s wrong with

Ever since the first car radios appeared in vehicles in the late 1920s and 1930s, audio entertainment has been evolving. 1952:

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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