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Random music news for Thursday, September 16, 2021

Maybe this is my problem. Anyone got some good bacteria? Moving to music news for September 16, 2021… There will

MRC Data dropped their weekly stats update Monday evening. How did the Canadian recorded music industry do in the week

I was expecting more this week, if I’m honest. With anecdotes of long lines and busy stores for Record Store

If you dig back into The Ongoing History of New Music archives, you’ll find an episode first broadcast on April

In the Before Times, Record Store Day was held on the third Saturday of April. COVID screwed that up with

That was some internet outage yesterday, huh? When Amazon goes down, you know it was bad. We’re okay now, so

Need a vacation? Maybe you can volunteer to see if cruises are safe again. Over to music news for May

If you have any anti-vaxxers in your life, read this, commit it to memory, and use it against their stupid

With Record Store Day set for June 12 and July 17 this year, we needed some musicians to serve as

When we finally get back to traveling, I think I’m gonna get me one of these. Meanwhile, more pandemic distraction

We begin with the inevitable mash-up of Beck’s “Loser’ with Donald Trump’s election loss. On to music news for November

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 […]
Mark Silver
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