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Random music news for Friday, October 9, 2020

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Eddie Van Halen, Foo Fighters, John Lennon, Music Lessons, Music Piracy, Music Snobs

If he were still with us, John Lennon would have turned 80 today. If you’re a fan, you might want

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Random music news for Monday, September 21, 2020

September 21, 2020September 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dark Side of the Moon, Dr. Dre, Fyre Festival, Iron Maiden, Metal, Music Piracy, Partridge Family, Radio, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, TikTok, Walmart, Wizard of Oz

Give an alligator helium to chance its voice? Why not? Now that’s out of the way, here’s music news for

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Random music news for Friday, June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adobe, Allen Toussaint, CMW, Donald Trump, Grubman, Hip Hop, KaiOS, Lady Gaga, Miami Dolphins, Music Piracy, Ramones, Smart Speakers, Viberate

https://globalnews.ca/news/7102112/black-neutron-star-ligo-hole/The sun is setting on Uranus! (Sorry. Juvenile of me. But you can see a Uranus sunset here.) Okay, let

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Random music news for Thursday, February 27, 2020

February 27, 2020February 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bon Jovi, BTS, Corona Virus, Duffy, K-Pop, LSD, Music Piracy, Prince Harry, Spotify, Subwoofers

Another example of how LSD could actually be beneficial. Interesting. Now let’s trip on some music news for February 27,

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Random music news for Friday, November 1, 2019

November 1, 2019October 31, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Bowie, Katie Perry, Katy Perry, Music Piracy, Olivia Newton-John, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, SiriusXM, Smartphones, Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster, U2

On this day in 1896, National Geographic published its first picture of a woman with bare breasts. Scandalous. Moving to

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Streaming was supposed to kill off music piracy. It hasn’t quite worked out that way.

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Piracy, Streaming

The first decade of the 21st century was awful for the music industry. Caught flat-footed by the power of the

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Random music news for Thursday, February 14, 2019

February 14, 2019February 13, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Avril Lavigne, Black Metal, Fortnite, Frank Zappa, Grammys, Hologram, Lars Ulrich, Lords of Chaos, Metallica, Music Piracy, Ozzy, Smart Watch, Spotify, TikTok

Valentine’s Day. Yuck. Sorry. I’ll focus on music news for February 14, 2019 instead. Ozzy is officially out of the

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Random music news for Friday, December 14, 2018

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Baby It's Cold Outside, Blu-Ray, Cannibal Corpse, China, Christmas Music, David Lee Roth, Deadpool, GG Allin, Hip-hop, Lean, Mormons, Music Piracy, MusicCounts, Noel Gallagher, Peter Murphy, Smart Speakers, TV, Van Halen, William Shatner, YouTube

Plutonium was isolated on this day in 1940. As for music news on December 14, 2018… Nominations for the 2019

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The music industry might get a new warning symbol

November 28, 2018 Alan Cross 3 Comments Home Taping, Music Piracy, Parental Advisory, PMRC

The music industry has a history of creating universal warning symbols designed to keep the public from doing stuff of

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Random Music News for Saturday, December 17, 2016

December 17, 2016December 17, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andre Bocelli, Brian Eno, Censorship, Coldplay, David Foster, Donald Trump, Drake, Eyehategod, Florida, HMV, Jo Cox, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Kimye, Music Piracy, Pitbull, Rolling Stones, Vinyl

Flying back from the NE Caribbean Command Post today. Just in time for another snowstorm, too. And now, the music

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The New Frontier in Music Piracy? Illegal Streaming Sites

August 2, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Piracy, Streaming Music Services

Legal streaming services–Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play Music, Deezer and so on–have accomplished a lot when it comes to crushing

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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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