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Random music news for Thursday, August 19, 2021

This is why some people shouldn’t have nice things. That’s not gonna buff out. Moving to music news for August

Damn. I was really hoping for a supernova in our lifetime, but it’s not going to happen. Assuage yourself with

Santa’s Yumnut. Next, music news for Saturday, November 7, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Virus? What virus, eh Diddy? Coronavirus update

I apologize for the dearth of postings yesterday but the website was feeling a little ill. All better in time

What did they do? Jiggle they handle? Turn it off and on? That’s some reboot. Wait: Keith Richards once pulled

Turns out that penguins talk a lot like us. I wonder how you translate music news for February 8, 2020,

Gotta go to LA for a movie junket tomorrow just as southern California is burning up in wildfires. Swell. Meanwhile,

On this day in 1977, the last guillotine execution was carried out in France. With that imagery in mind, here’s

Labour Day. *Sigh* Still, music news continues to roll in. Here’s what’s happening for September 2, 2019. Fascinating: No one

It was on this day in 1970 that Paul McCartney announced he was leaving The Beatles. As for something more

That’s enough Asia for now. The next 24 hours will be spent flying home and posting stuff using in-flight WiFi–which,

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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