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Sting finally pulls the trigger, sells catalogue to Universal for more than US$ 300 million

Another day, another big catalogue music deal. After several months of rumours that a deal was imminent, it was announced

Now that the Super Bowl is in the books, the annual impeachment event starts today. This will be weird, of

This might give you some kind of hope when it comes to what was apparently a hopeless situation. Once you

Can the coronavirus be transmitted through farts? This leads to a discussion of “aerosolized feces.” Once you get over that,

Here’s a topic worthy of exploration these days: edible vaccines. And here are 18 more common ways to die than

If you remember the story of the fire at Universal Music’s secure vault back in 2008, there were allegations that

It’s the future. Time for the first roundup of music news of the new decade. Here’s a list of all

I woke up in Phuket this morning. Bonus points if you can pronounce that correctly. Here’s some music news for

Millennials have figured out how to stop spam calls on their mobile phones. Basically, if the phone rings, it’s spam.

On this day in 1955, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sold its first transistor radios. When it comes

Summer long weekend number 2. How many people are going to *cough* call in sick today to make a four-dayer?

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
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