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Random music news for Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Still in LA. I remain unconsumed by wildfires. A good thing, that, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to report on

Plutonium was isolated on this day in 1940. As for music news on December 14, 2018… Nominations for the 2019

Tunefind is a service that tracks music from television and movies. According to their data, this has been a banner

The LA riots after the beating of Rodney King started 25 years ago today. And now, the music news for

If you’re going to spend a bunch of money on a big-screen TV, it seems silly to skimp on the

Every single music conference I’ve attended over the last three years has had at least two sessions on music supervision

If you listen to the early adopters and tech types, traditional terrestrial radio is dead. No one listens anymore. Everyone

Don’t celebrate this: the Nazi Party was founded on this day in 1920. Let’s leave that behind and focus on

The amount of material from David Bowie’s career that’s appeared online since Monday morning is astounding. Here, for example, is

In the US, at least–but I’m sure we can extrapolate these results to Canada. From Statista: You will find more

Here’s a sample. Nine more at Mashable.

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