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Random music news for Saturday, November 21, 2020

If you’re a fan of The Simpsons, you’ll appreciate this. And meanwhile, back in Russia… Once you’re done watching that

Almost spring. Almost. And now, the music news. Liam Gallagher says the title of his first solo single will be

Anyone know of any radio stations that have flipped to all-Christmas music yet? There’s gotta be a couple already. In

If you watch The Voice, you may remember a contestant named Christina Grimmie (a former girlfriend of Adam Levine, by

Here’s a story by Will Kennedy on the kind of talent competitions we’re now seeing in Nairobi. He’d know because

It’s here! The first long weekend of the summer! (Well, for Canadians, anyway.) Now that vacation season is almost here,

This is the 30th anniversary of the first-ever Wrestlemania, which was held at Madison Square Garden. Yeah, about that Sacha

Sister Cristina Scuccia, winner of Italy’s The Voice competition, doesn’t seem to have a problem with it. It’s all in

Comic-Con starts in San Diego today. And it’s David Hasselhoff’s 62nd birthday. I’m sure there’s no connection. Paul McCartney has

When a nun showed up as a contestant on the Italian version of The Voice, no one expected this to

Here’s a quick survey of what’s going on: BOSS is an academic journal that only publishes papers based on Bruce

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, […]
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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 […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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