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SOCAN offering travel assistance to help musicians get back on the road

This could be music to many people’s ears: The SOCAN Foundation is once again accepting applications for its Travel Assistance

This is not an early April Fool’s Day prank: A new in-person, live, outdoor theatre event is happening on April

At a Brandon Flowers show in London, the Killers frontman-gone-solo did a couple of songs with none other than Pretenders’

This comes from Digital Music News: We’re having technical difficulties I forgot the lyrics I want to thank my

Sure, he could describe the universe in ways no one else had done before, but Einstein also played a mean

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 […]
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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