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Sony’s 40th anniversary Walkman features this cool party trick

It was 40 years ago–July 1, 1979–that Sony transformed personal music listening with the release of the first iteration of

Ten years ago today, we heard that Michael Jackson died. Yes, it’s been ten years already and many have conflicted

It was on this day in 1990 that Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. That ended poorly for everyone, of course. And

When Sony co-founder Masaru Ibuka ordered his engineers to realize his vision for a portable personal music player, he insisted that the

Looking for some cool music-related gift items this year? The entire staff of AJoMT is combing the Internet for the

Gizmodo reports on the Sony NW-WM1Z, which is being hyped as a “Premium Walkman with High-Resolution Audio.” For that price, the

Re/Code has excerpted a portion of a book entitled Disrupting Digital Business: Create an Authentic Experience in the Peer-to-Peer Economy by R.

Camping on the May long weekend? No thanks. Great news! Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has been ruled cancer-free. Robin Thicke

Back in my day, kids, we used to have one of these if we wanted to listen to our music

The SeaBus terminal in North Vancouver went into full freak-out mode Tuesday evening. Someone had spotted a “package” that seemed

I love learning why things are the way they are. In the case of the music we listen to today,

Tales from the Sports Journalist’s Beat – Morgan Campbell in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 019 January 24, 2021
From being an NCAA football player to becoming a journalist, Morgan Campbell has spent most of his life with an insiders’ view of the sports world. Over his 20+ year career, he’s witnessed the changes and pullback in sports journalism. In this episode, Morgan breaks down the impact of the new realities of sports journalism, […]
Mark Silver
The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver