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Random music news for Wednesday, November 11, 2020

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

The reason you’re reading this is because on this day in 1991, the World Wide Web was open to the

Tomorrow will be two years since we got the news that Prince had died. This week, his estate released a

In a less-enlightened time, women were barely tolerated by the rock’n’roll establishment. They could sing, maybe shake a tambourine and

Ready, set, SHOP! And if you have time, here’s the music news for December 26. Can you really blame this

How are your eyes? You didn’t burn them out by staring into the face of the sun yesterday, did you?

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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Creating An Entertainment Culture – Jeremy Cammy In Conversation With Tbp Podcast Ep 009 October 27, 2020
Thinking back, pre-covid, did you consider that visit to your local big-box bookstore an entertainment experience? For those lucky enough to attend a book signing or celebrity talk, you’re even more aware of the lasting impact that encounter had on your deep connection to the store’s brand. For Canadian retailer Indigo, at the centre of […]
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