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Random music news for Saturday, November 17, 2018

Yesterday was the 80th birthday of the synthesizing of LSD. Insert quip about the drug’s long, strange trip [here]. As

Earlier this week, there was a story about how The Eagles Greatest Hits: 1971-1975 was once again certified as the

It was a rough day for Canada yesterday. Anything I can offer for music news will seem inconsequential. Still, here’s

It’s February. It’s Friday. No one feels like working, so you’re probably going waste a lot of time aimless surfing.

Two days until the Eclipse Day. Got your #14 welder’s glass yet? And now, the music news for August 19.

Major League Baseball players went on strike on this day in 1994. That was a bad one. It took me

My brother and sisters throughout Corus Radio were asked to compile a list of 50 legendary Canadian songs and then

Bryan Adam’s released Waking Up the Neighbors was released in September of 1991 and it was pretty hard to miss.

In Canada, when artists go 10 times platinum, they’re awarded diamond status. Before May 2008, that meant an album that

NOTE: I’ll be updating this post until the end of this sales week (Thursday night at midnight PT). Check back

*Sigh* Back to work. Distract yourself from reality with some music news. It’ll work for a while. David Bowie is

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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