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Spotify sleuths sneaker-springing songs

Do you pop your headphones in when you go for a walk? Apparently this is what you’re listening to, according

Before get into music news for September 20, 2020, how can this pitch be legal? Coronavirus update 1: Some people

Here’s another graphic from Cameron Gordon’s Completely Ignored, this time looking at the early days of rap and hip-hop in

[If you dig into the history of rap, you’ll find more references to Donald Trump that you might expect. The

Back to work? Or are you taking the rest of the week and starting anew Monday? A bit of both?

Damn, I hope I’m this in touch with music when I enter by sunset years. You rock, dude.

Popular music has long been feared by those in power. They’re afraid of the messages and passions that can inculcate

People who can beatbox–i.e. create beats with their mouth–can make some fascinating sounds. This MRI shows what’s happening inside the

This is one of the stranger musical comparisons I’ve run across. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with and sharing

It was on this day in 1970 that Bobby Orr scored THAT goal, the one with him flying through the

The First Annual Toronto Vinyl Summit is TONIGHT! You’re coming, right? And in other music news for May 9, 2018…

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver