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Random Music News for Tuesday, December 12, 2017

I had some terrible Vietnamese vodka here in Hoi An yesterday that resulted in a headache after just two shots.

In the days leading up to Friday’s release of Taylor Swift’s Reputation album, certainly industry folk were predicting that the

SoundScan–the record sales-counting tool that only registers a record as sold once its barcode is scanned at the cash–has been

The chart week–the period of time when music sales and streams are monitored on a weekly basis–runs from 12:00 AM

The first incident of commercial airline sabotage happened on this day in 1933. And now, some music news for October

On this day in 1983, one man–a Soviet naval officer–prevented a global nuclear war. Thank you, Stanislav Petrov. And now,

I have to take one of the bull terriers to the dentist today for her annual cleaning. This is gonna

To Kill a Mockingbird was first published on this date in 1960. And with that, here’s the music news for

It’s still January? And is there still a sun in the sky? It’s been weeks since it’s been out over

This week is another indication of how people are moving away from buying their music in physical form and opting

Not well, if we’re talking about CDs and digital albums. In fact, there are a lot of minus signs in

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 […]
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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 […]
Mark Silver