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Random music news for Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Twenty-one years ago today, Google was founded. How long did it take before “google” became a verb? Moving on to

Something happened in astronomy on this day in 1967 that eventually resulted in one of the most famous album covers

I’m in Nashville all this week for a radio seminar and to do some interviews for Vintage-TV. That means ribs

We’ve all been there: stuck in a stall in a public washroom having to endure a cascade of anonymous bowel

You can’t smoke in there and there isn’t a lot of room, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play a

Plenty of companies have motivational songs for their employees. In the case of American Standard, they had this ditty from

As the newly installed head of curation for Songza in Canada (a very fine streaming music service; try it), my

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 […]
Mark Silver
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
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