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Pepsi is out as the sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show. Enter…Taylor Swift? Here’s how that could happen.

Pepsi has a big sponsorship deal with the NFL that goes back close to four decades. That deal has just

For a couple of years, I was the music director for the Toronto Maple Leafs, selecting the music played before,

That’s a little too much for a Super Mario 64 game, don’t you think? Now let’s switch to music news

Now THAT’S a knife! Music news for May 1, 2021. Marilyn Manson has been sued for sexual assault and sex

If you’re a fan of The Simpsons, you’ll appreciate this. And meanwhile, back in Russia… Once you’re done watching that

If there’s a better metaphor for what’s happening in the US right now, I haven’t seen it. Fisticuffs 😂 pic.twitter.com/KCJnnad7la

Aliens exist. Tom DeLonge will be proven right. Moving to music news for February 1, 2020… This is important: A

Twenty-one years ago today, Google was founded. How long did it take before “google” became a verb? Moving on to

That’s it. I’m officially sick of the Trivago guy. How many commercials can one person do? Moving on to music

Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean the music news stops. Here’s what we know is happening for December 25, 2018.

It’s the final sprint towards Christmas. How crazy is the next seven days for you? Can you take time to

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
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