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Random music news for Tuesday, February 19, 2019

I rolled up the rim to win and all I got was four more weeks of winter. Now all I

The Sunday New York Times featured a cover story in the Arts & Entertainment section on the new Beastie Boys

Lorde was this weekend’s cover story in the New York Times Magazine. She’s just twenty years old and there are

The New York Times Magazine is put to bed a week before it’s delivered with the Sunday paper, so this

Back home after a trip to the Far East. My body is here but my soul is still in transit

The New York State Assembly voted last week to make the use of ticket-buying bots a criminal offense. It’s illegal

This appeared in the New York Times today. Words … I love words and phrases, maybe because I’m a songwriter.

When Phil Collins first started releasing records outside of Genesis 35 years ago, rock fans were pretty cool about it,

On this day in 1973, Elvis Presley’s live broadcast from a Hawaii set a record for the most-watched show ever

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 […]
Mark Silver