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Random music news for Tuesday, November 24, 2020

The chorus of this song was stuck in my head for five days. It’s now been replaced by this. Think

Off to Winnipeg tonight to prepare for a TEDx presentation I have to give on Wednesday. Maybe I’ll see you

It’s Kanye’s 41st birthday. What sorts of OTT things are going to happen in conjunction with that? For now, though,

It looked for a while that streaming was on its way to obliterating the desire to pirate music. Why would

This is what thinking looks like. Cool! Grow more neurons by reading through music news for Tuesday, June 4, 2019.

My spring speaking tour resumes tonight with a gig in Buffalo. If you want to see if I’ll be in

It was on this day in 1987 that a short-form animated feature called The Simpsons first appeared as an interstitial

We were almost mistakenly vaporized on this day in 1995. Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed. Ponder that as you go through

Ever had one of those weeks where computers seem to hate you? I had one of those. But I still

And how was our first weekend with legal weed? In any shape to look at music news for October 22,

A new global music consumption by the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (the IFPI) says that 38% of online music

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
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Intimate Gatherings of Sports Fans and Media Personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver