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Random music news for Saturday, June 19, 2021

Apple Music might end up in more places in the near future. Here’s why. Deezer is offering samples of its

It’s Memorial Day in the US but music news never sleeps, you know? Here’s what’s happening for May 31, 2021.

Interesting: Donald Trump’s personal 757 is parked and abandoned at a New York airport. Now some music news for March

Will there be a running of the bulls this year? It’s unclear. On to music news for February 4, 2021.

Before we begin, who doesn’t love news bloopers? Moving to music news for December 9, 2020… If this album sells

Lest we forget. And now, music news for November 11, 2020. This song won’t play well with the MAGA types

The summer encore season has come to an end. It’s time for some brand new shows. There’s something about creative

Hear about the Canadian inventor who sued the entire computer industry for US$350 billion? Yeah, he lost. Here’s what we

Sinead O’Connor’s life is…complicated. But she can still belt out a song. This is a performance from last week on

It was on this day in 1972 that a new thing called “HBO” started broadcasting. As for music news for

Here’s another great German word that has no English equivalent: kummerspeck. It literally means “grief bacon” and describes how you

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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