Songza Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

Streaming is about to get a lot more interesting with the new YouTube Music

YouTube was trying to keep something secret until a grand unveiling on Tuesday, but there was a leak. It has

April Fool’s Day is over for another year. Good. It’s a stupid tradition. Here’s some truthful and real msuic news.

For a couple of years, Songza was the most popular of all the streaming music services available in Canada. Some

Rdio died last night, the victim of takeover by Pandora. If you were a user–I was–I hope you managed to

When Songza, a music streaming service powered by human curated playlists, was purchased by Google about 18 months ago, there

Well, Scotland? What will it be? September 23 has been declared David Bowie Day in Chicago. Insert cliched “Let’s Dance”

This was a very, very bad week for album sales in the US. In fact, it was a bleak time

The biggest online source for music in this arm of the Milky Way is YouTube. Add together all the other

Okay, okay, I’m biased because I work for Songza. While the Songza Canada team are in New York getting Googlized

Okay, the secret’s out. After the markets closed Tuesday, it was announced that Google has acquired Songza (Full disclosure: I

RAIN published this interview with Songza CEO Elias Roman yesterday. Yes, I work for the company as head of curation

The Dawn of Digital Sports Journalism at The Globe & Mail and Yahoo Canada – Steve McAllister in Conversation with TBP Podcast ep 005 September 4, 2020
Ask any Canadian sports journalist who they consider one the nicest and forward-thinking minds behind the rise of digital, and chances are they would say, Steve McAllister. As one of the most accomplished and highly regarded leaders in sports journalism over the last 20 years, Steve has provided the mentorship and launchpad for too many […]
Andrew Dick
Behind the desk of Global and CTV News – Kevin Newman in conversation with TBP podcast ep 004 August 18, 2020
Kevin’s award-winning career has spanned four decades, covering the biggest stories from the four corners of the earth and those most important to Canadians. While he’s a household name for his on-camera presence, as you will learn in this episode, Kevin Newman is also an innovator whose energy is fueled by the same startup drive […]
Mark Silver
At the top of the sponsorship world – Sam Galet in conversation with TBP podcast ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
Mark Silver