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Random music news for Wednesday, September 3, 2020

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Akon, BLM, Charts, Creed, Elvis, Headphones, Kardinal Offishall, Music Blogs, Radio, Sinead O'Connor, Smash Mouth, Sturgis, Taylor Swift, Toots and the Maytalls, Video Games

Hear about the Canadian inventor who sued the entire computer industry for US$350 billion? Yeah, he lost. Here’s what we

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Random music news for Tuesday, June 4, 2019

June 4, 2019June 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Airpods, CargoJet, Cell Phones, Drake, FM Chips, Music Blogs, Russell Simmons, Stream Ripping, Tom Petty

This is what thinking looks like. Cool! Grow more neurons by reading through music news for Tuesday, June 4, 2019.

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Random music news for Thursday, January 24, 2019

January 24, 2019January 23, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1968, Adele, Dolby, Drugs, Ed Sheeran, Infotainment Systems, KISS, MQA, Music Blogs, Nile Rodgers, Vinyl

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

Music Industry

Streaming playlists have already destroyed mixtapes and burned CDs. Are music blogs next?

April 28, 2018April 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Blogs, Playlists, Streaming

OLD WAY: Recording mixtapes on cassette/burning custom CD-Rs/dragging and dropping digital files into playlists on iTunes. NEW WAY: Streaming playlists,

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And the Most Blogged-About Artist of 2014 Is…

December 11, 2014December 10, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hype Machine, Music Blogs

Hype Machine watches SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Official.fm, and MP3 embeds on 840 blogs. From that data, they can say that the most

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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