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Random music news for Saturday, February 6, 2021

Be happy you don’t live in this quaint English village. Gross. What’s wrong with people? Distract yourself from the mental

The supply of new TV program is so bad that Channel 4 in the UK has greenlit a new show

No, it’s not your imagination. You may have seen robins earlier than usual. Let’s move to music news for April

Here’s the best part about potential North Korean missile attacks on the US: They’d have to fly over Canadian territory

When it comes to artists on Spotify, Canada, rules. Drake is the most-streamed act on Spotify with 1.8 billion listens

If it weren’t for Canadian artists, the American music landscape would be much, much different. FYIMusicNews.ca points us to this

A couple more days here at the NE Caribbean Command post before I’ll be drag kicking and screaming from this

He didn’t, of course. But under CanCon rules for radio wouldn’t this over of “I Can’t Feel My Face” qualify

Today’s music news comes from the ANA business lounge at Narita Airport in Tokyo. Stephen Page has sued his old

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