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Silver Lining in Danforth Tragedy [UPDATE: Billy Talent steps up for a fundraiser]

The Danforth neighborhood is a sacred place for all Torontonians, whether native or just visiting. It is home to one

On Wednesday evening (July 25), people descended on Danforth Avenue in Toronto to take back the street after Sunday’s murderous

Shots were fired outside the Cube Nightclub in the Queen and Peter area of Toronto shortly before 8 pm last

Most of us will (hopefully) never have to endure a gig where there’s a shooting, a bombing or some other

The senseless massacre in Las Vegas has dominated the news this week. Amongst the coverage is this first-person account of

At first, 22,000 people watching a Jason Aldean concert outside the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas thought they were

At least 28 people were wounded when gunfire broke out at a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas. Victims ranged from

A little more than 24 hours after Christina Grimmie, a former contestant on The Voice, was gunned down in by

Four people were shot and one person was killed before a T.I. gig at Irving Plaza in New York City

May 26, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert, Shooting, TI

What’s going on this month? Music has been marred by a series of terrible incidents involving people getting killed. Four

A man and a woman were fatally shot at Muzik, the nightclub on the ground of Exhibition Place in Toronto,

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 […]
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