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Random music news for Monday, July 12, 2021

Back to work after a short vacation. Things on these pages will be operating as normal for the next while.

In the age of streaming, the idea of carrying around your music as digital files seems so quaint. But in

Why? A challenge, I guess. And everyone could use a hobby, right? The full story at MobileSyrup. (Via Sean)

When the iPod was becoming the world’s defacto MP3 player, there was a second version of the player unknown to

I have a couple of old iPod Classics lying around the house, uncharged and unused. But every once in a

Apple introduced a new line of iPod Touches the other day. Basically, they’re iPhones with out the phone bits. The

Last Tuesday (October 23) was apparently National iPod Day in the US. Gee, if I’d known, I’d have baked a cake

Dubai has some of the wildest architecture anywhere in the world. That now includes a building called The Pad. Designed

Music is meant to be shared. For millennia, humans have created instruments, developed sounds and shared those sounds with people

Tony Fadell is famous as the guy who helped Apple invent the iPhone. He stayed with the company as it

Moby was interviewed by The Observer the other day and dropped this gem when he was referred to as a

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 […]
Mark Silver