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Random music news for Wednesday, September 2, 2020

If you miss live music, try Antyfest. It features audiences of ants–as in the insects–reacting to performances from eleven different

How would this piece of memorabilia look on your shelf? Now let’s consider music news for July 21, 2020. Coronavirus

Because we don’t have enough to worry about, here’s the story of poop plumes. Once you’ve read that, try music

The Raptors could will take it all tonight. Then the city/province/country will lose its collective mind. Ponder that as we

One hundred years ago today, the Great Winnipeg General Strike began. It was one of the biggest labour protests in

I saw some romaine lettuce on sale at my grocery store. so it must be safe. right? So can we

Note to Toronto coffee drinkers: Try Quantum Coffee at King and Spadina. Wow. And now, some music news. Beyonce and

Allegedly, this is real. Allegedly. The story goes like this: A Czech artist by the name of Jan Poope (really) has

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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