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Random music news for Monday, March 9, 2020

Yes, I’m glad for the extra daylight at the end of the day, but switching to DST is not healthy.

Aliens exist. Tom DeLonge will be proven right. Moving to music news for February 1, 2020… This is important: A

I got my first back-to-school school supplies email yesterday. Too soon, people. Too soon. And now, music news for July

Whilst browsing through a junk store on Sunday, a man stumbled across a VHS tape (remember those?) adore with a

There’s no question that streaming will continue to be A Thing in 2018. The question is, how much will streaming

VHS tapes? Collectible, sure. Valuable? Apparently. Michael points us to LoveAntiques.com which has a list of the most valuable VHS

It’s the morning of April 4. There’s 15 cm of fresh snow outside my door. It’s Monday. To say I’m

Before we set the lineup for this week’s show, we conducted a Twitter poll on whether we should cover the

The Great Format War of the 1980s pitted Sony’s Betamax video system against JVC’s VHS. Although Betamax was superior in

You’ve probably seen music videos YouTube where someone has obviously uploaded something they recorded on beta or VHS back in

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 […]
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