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Random music news for Saturday, November 14, 2020

Fifty years ago, officials in Oregon, had to nuke a whale. And that’s not much of an exaggeration. And thirty

There’s another health issue caused by COVID-19: cracked teeth. Let’s see what we have for music news for October 1,

We needed some good news like this in the age of pandemic. No flu season this year? We’ll see. On

The bad news: It’s Labour Day, the unofficial end of summer. The good news: This is the latest day on

Before we begin, please enjoy this. Now that’s out of the way, here’s music news for May 14, 2020. Coronavirus

Attention, America: We celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend. Do not be alarmed. We will, however, live up to our obligations to

Building and maintaining a band is a lot like building and maintain a sports team. You struggle and wheel-and-deal and

Now that it’s September, I wonder how long it’ll be before some radio station flips to its annual all-Christmas format?

My neighbourhood drugstore is already stocking Halloween supplies. Anyone seen Christmas displays yet? Too soon, people. Too soon. It’s only

It was on this day in 1982 that ET: The Extraterrestrial debuted in theatres. Now in music news for June 11,

Has anyone seen the new Stormy Daniels video? I mean, this is political research, right? See the NSFW trailer here.

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver
In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver