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Apple Music’s new voice plan is live for $4.99 a month

Back in October, Apple Music announced Voice Plan, a $4.99/month streaming plan. As of this week, it’s live in 17

Up until now, Apple Music was just a single-tier thing that lived on your iPhone or iPad. But change is

Gimme. NOW. As for music news for August 24, 2021… A UK study confirms that it’s possible to hold full-capacity

First, an experiment: water vs. beer. (Via Christopher) And from there, we move to music news for December 7, 2020.

July 2 is officially the midpoint of 2019. Thoughts on how things have gone so far? Let’s take a look

Off to Ottawa today for the next round of dates in my spring speaking tour. Maybe I’ll see you there.

On this day in 1982, Graceland opened to the public. The bathroom where Elvis died was kept off-limits. On to

Gaming Wikipedia can have all sorts of interesting effects. For example, Apple’s Siri assistant often draws from Wikipedia entries when

It’s International Nurses Day. Hug a nurse–but ask first. When it comes to music news for May 12, 2018… Here

Siri frustrates me. It seems like she gets half my requests wrong. I thought it just me, but apparently not.

If this is your birthday, you have the distinction of having the worst birth date on the calendar. Here’s why.

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
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