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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

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