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Random music news for Friday, November 20, 2020

Before we begin, South Korea has unveiled their AI-powered TV news anchor. Scary, really. Now that you’re freaked out, try

I’ll bet you’re expecting an opening link to something Halloween related. Nope. This is much more interesting. And so is

It’s to the point where I want to stand on the border and yell into the US “GET IT TOGETHER,

I love this guy. Over to music news for October 10, 2019. Think you’ve got father issues? Read this about

Maybe one more day of erratic posts and email responses. Surgical recovery is taking a little longer than expected. Here’s

This is the date–February 20, 2003–of the Station Nightclub Fire in Rhode Island when 100 people died and 200 were

Shazam, the magical audio identification app (now owned by Apple, by the way), is always collecting data on what songs

Off to Winnipeg to see Paul McCartney tonight. I swear that when he does “Hey Jude” live, he casts healing

Google says that today is the anniversary of its founding in 1998. Interesting how they retroactively made that declaration. I

Back in the home office for a few days, long enough for the dogs to recognize me again. Here’s what’s

I don’t want to be an alarmist, but next weekend is Labour Day. Yes, already. Here’s music news for August

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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