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Random music news for Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Here’s an interesting side effect to the whole wearing-a-mask thing: learning to communicate more with your eyes. Good advice. Now

On this day in 1985, v1.0 of Microsoft Windows was released. Tabbing over to music news for November 20, 2019…

I HATE April Fool’s Day, so you can be assured that all the music news you’re about to read has

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When InSight, NASA’s latest mission to Mars, touched down at 2:54

Now that we’re into October, I feel I can enjoy pumpkin spice-laced foods without rushing the season. Let’s take a

Beyond merely being a member of one of the most successful bands of the last 20 years, Will.i.am is also

It was on January 22, 1984, that this commercial ran once. It was during Super Bowl XVIII. It’s still one

Humans love music so much that we’re determined to export it to the rest of the universe. It started with

As I write this, I’m somewhere between Toronto and Tapei, heading for a music conference in Singapore. I’ll report back.

Forty years ago today, a 300-metre TV transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, was hit by a light plane in dense

Will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas transformed himself into “Donald T. Rump” for this latest comment on the slimy US presidential

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 […]
Mark Silver