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Can this site really help you find your next favourite band?

There are a zillion ways to get music recommendations online with algorithm after algorithm promising to help us discover new

Last year, Spotify was granted a patent for tracking personality. The app has found a way to assess “behavioral variables”

I’ve said it before: Can you imagine if COVID-19 hit in the days before the internet? With all the record

Do you find yourself bombarded by music you just don’t care about? Everyone wants recommendations of cool stuff, but often

On this day in 1951, the first-ever colour TVs went on sale. No one care and less than a month

It’s the first legal 4/20 in Canada. Kinda feels different given that every day is 4/20 in this country, doesn’t

Spare me the Groundhog Day references. I get it. Spare me the Groundhog Day references. I get it. Spare me

Had he lived, Tupac would be 57 today. And in other music news for June 16, 2018… Here are my

Spotify sometimes evokes the old Arthur C. Clarke adage that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Take its

Virtually every music service promises that it will learn from your tastes and serve you up more of what you will

This article from Wired explains a lot about music curation and recommendations. Bad playlists have a science all their own. “When

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 […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver
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