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Random Music News for Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Happy birthday to English bull terrier #1. Schmooze (who is probably lazing on the couch as I write this), turns

While many artists declined invitations (or outright refused) to play the Trump inauguration events, several did brave the slings and

The Daily Beast dispatched a witness to Donald Trump’s Inauguration Welcome Concert last night. He wasn’t impressed. Thursday’s inauguration weekend

After many refusals, the organizers for Donald Trump’s inauguration have landed some performers for the event. They include: Lee Greenwood,

Muzit’s policy on people who download music without paying for it is kind of counter-intuitive: If you can’t beat it

FYI Music News has offers this current summary of all-time album sales in the US. The Beatles: 178,000,000 million albums

A lot. Try $620,000,000. Then again, he was part of that sales of Beats by Dr. Dre to Apple, which

Garfield the Cat first appeared in a comic strip on June 19, 1978. I hate that cat. A bar owned

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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