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Random music news for Thursday, July 25, 2019

The speaking tour is over–for now, anyway–so I’m flying back home today. Let’s do this again. Meanwhile, here’s some music

It’s the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing. We need to go back. Time for music news for July 20,

Now on the ground in Singapore after some 23 hours in transit. And there’s plenty of music news to report

When the Toronto International Film Festival fires up between September 7 and 17, the city is going to be awash

August 3, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Emimen, Rap, TIFF

Eminem knows a thing or two about rap battles (hello, 8 Mile!), so when he was approached to produce a

While the Toronto International Film Festival won’t get to screen the new Bladerunner movie, it has secured the premiere for

The Stooges were an undeniably influential band. From Ann Arbor, Michigan, their brand of heavy, distorted garage rock helped lay

Radiohead appears, as they usually do, to be taking the world by storm. First, the disappearance from the internet quickly

The Toronto International Film Festival starts in about a month and the National Film Board will be well-represented. Here are

If you’re in the Greater Toronto Area and are free Wednesday night, you might want to consider attending a special

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 […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver