Random Music News for Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Hey, has anyone heard from Kelleyanne Conway recently? Just wondering. And now, the music news. Brian Johnson of AC/DC has a new TV show. All HMV Canada stores will be closed by April
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Are You a Heartbroken Millennial? Then This Song is PERFECT for You.
Broken-hearted Millennials will identify with this track from PWR BTTM, an indie-punk duo from Britain. That’s all the introduction you need. https://youtu.be/rTTNu3wkXM8
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Millennials: How They Consume TV, Ads, and the Perception of Celebrity
As the resident Millennial here, I love reporting on information that pertains to my generation. At the beginning of this month, Nielsen released their inaugural Millennials on Millennials report. Those of us in
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Has This Generation Given Up (or Unable to) Write Decent Lyrics?
I wish I could remember where I read this so I could give the author credit: “Every generation has the biological right to believe that the music of their youth is the greatest
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Random Music New for Wednesday, December 14, 2016
On this day in 1972, Eugene Cernan became the last person to walk on the moon. Why haven’t we been back? On to music news… Donald Trump says he’s “like, way too smart”
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“There Will Be No More Music Formats for Radio.” Really? I Can Think of One–Sort Of.
Radio consultant Mark Ramsey published the following in his blog yesterday. If you’re waiting for a new music format – a knight in shining armor – to save your flagging ratings, then you
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Interesting Panel Talk: How Millennials Consume Media
This panel discussion was held at the RAIN Conference in Nashville last month. Moderator Valerie Geller had a conversation with some Millennials (all students at the College of Media and Entertainment and Tennessee
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How Students Listen To and Study Radio
I’m back at Ryerson University as the Broadcaster in Residence at the Allan Slaight Radio Institute, so anything to do with how younger generations interact with radio is of great interest. Check out
Read MoreRandom Music News for Tuesday, July 19, 2016
The cicadas in my backyard are deafening. Shut UP, bugs! And now, the music news… Elvis’ relative claims The King died of a “self-induced overdose.” So, like, suicide? Meanwhile, there’s a claim that
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As someone who is approaching his 35th anniversary in the radio business–jeezus, has it been that long?–I want to (a) to keep my job; and (b) see this industry survive and thrive going
Read MoreRandom Music News for Tuesday, June 7, 2016
It was 25 years ago that Mount Pinatubo blew its stack in the Philippines. So much dust was thrown into the atmosphere that the following summer was one of the coolest in years
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