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Random music news for Friday, September 18, 2020

Here comes Playstation 5. And here comes music news for September 18, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: A safe music festival

This sums things up perfectly. Don’t be a red shirt. (Via Laughing Squid) And now, music news for July 3,

By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) When the Northern Pikes got their start in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1984, the city wasn’t exactly

By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) It’s amazing how many classic pop songs started out as B-sides but ended up becoming mega

By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) As far as iconic Canadian pop songs go, “Sweet City Woman” from The Stampeders is a

By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) In Toronto during the early 1980s, Rough Trade was already a local cult legend. With fiercely

By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) When Anne Murray released, “You Needed Me” in 1978, she hadn’t had a hit single in

Part of the National Music Centre’s mandate is to work with Canada’s Music Incubator, an organization that wants to do

Why does Tylenol make it so bloody hard to open those blister packs holding their cold pills? Sorry, but these

By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) When Anne Murray released, “You Needed Me” in 1978, she hadn’t had a hit single in

I read this article from the US and a certain smugness came over me. Is that wrong? And now, the

The Dawn of Digital Sports Journalism at The Globe & Mail and Yahoo Canada – Steve McAllister in Conversation with TBP Podcast ep 005 September 4, 2020
Ask any Canadian sports journalist who they consider one the nicest and forward-thinking minds behind the rise of digital, and chances are they would say, Steve McAllister. As one of the most accomplished and highly regarded leaders in sports journalism over the last 20 years, Steve has provided the mentorship and launchpad for too many […]
Andrew Dick
Behind the desk of Global and CTV News – Kevin Newman in conversation with TBP podcast ep 004 August 18, 2020
Kevin’s award-winning career has spanned four decades, covering the biggest stories from the four corners of the earth and those most important to Canadians. While he’s a household name for his on-camera presence, as you will learn in this episode, Kevin Newman is also an innovator whose energy is fueled by the same startup drive […]
Mark Silver
At the top of the sponsorship world – Sam Galet in conversation with TBP podcast ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
Mark Silver