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Random music news for Saturday, November 14, 2020

Fifty years ago, officials in Oregon, had to nuke a whale. And that’s not much of an exaggeration. And thirty

In Singapore to see U2’s first-ever show in the city state. This should be interesting. As for music news on

Not that long ago, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un were on a path to nuclear war. Now they’re apparently BFFs.

It’s FINALLY warmed up around where I live. About time, too, because the dogs had been asking how to use

Don’t celebrate this: the Nazi Party was founded on this day in 1920. Let’s leave that behind and focus on

I’m back home now, but the last two weeks’ worth of podcasts were done from hotel rooms, one in London

Excuse me if I sound a little out of it on this week’s program because (a) I had just arrived

I think I saw my first “back to school” flyer. This is depressing. Let’s distract ourselves with some music news.

Every May I come here to Singapore for the Music Matters Conference, Asia’s biggest music industry gathering. It’s my annual

So I’m back in Singapore, sweltering in the equatorial humidity as I attend the annual Music Matters Conference in an

Back on this day in 1967, Robert Ebert filed his first movie review for the Chicago Sun-Times. What’s with the

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 […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver
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