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Random music news for Saturday, March 27, 2021

Apparently Popeye was right. Who knew? Let’s try some music news for Saturday, March 27, 2021. The Talk to Sharon

What a way to go. Wow. I’ll stick with compiling music news for November 19, 2020. Coronavirus update: This band

And how are we after St. Patrick’s Day? I wonder what absenteeism is like today. Ponder that as we go

Happy Thanksgiving, American readers. We appreciate the day of football you provide for us people up north. Please accept our

It was on this day in October 1970 when Pierre Trudeau enacted the War Measures Act. It was a scary

It was on this day in 1989 that things all went very, very wrong for the protestors in Tiananmen Square

I was hoping the weather in Vancouver (I’m here for the Junos) would be better than the weather in Toronto. Nope.

I’ve completely lost track of what day it is. Wednesday, right? That means there are four more days for the

The good thing about this Pokemon GO craze is that people are at least playing outside and getting some exercise.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. Morrissey was so outraged about the flippant way the news

The data roaming charges on this current trip to SE Asia and Australia are killing me. Time to buy a

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 […]
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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