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Random music news for Friday, July 3, 2020

This sums things up perfectly. Don’t be a red shirt. (Via Laughing Squid) And now, music news for July 3,

September 11 is always a difficult date. It’s even more difficult when it falls on a Tuesday, just like it

Eurovision is the biggest and goofiest music competition in the Sagittarius arm of the galaxy. Forty-three nations hold competitions and

I still use cheques. I’ve ruined three already by dating them “2017.” This is a roundup of music news for

The decision to hold back a bunch of secret JFK assassination documents have me pissed. One theory I’ve heard (and

Warm? The coldest temperature ever recorded on the planet was on this day in 1983 at Vostok Station in Antarctica

Question: Will Donald Trump throw Donald Jr. under the bus over this whole Russia thing? And now, music news for

You’re reading this because of something that happened with ARPANET on this day in 1969. Continuing on, here’s some music

I’m writing this aboard EVA Air Flight 0035 somewhere above Alaska. Yes, it’s another music conference in the Far East.

So I’m London to see the Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium. The problem is that the Foo Fighters aren’t and

As their governments lob rockets and bombs at each other, Israelis and Palestinians seek to express how they feel about

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