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Random music news for Saturday, May 8, 2021

Need a vacation? Maybe you can volunteer to see if cruises are safe again. Over to music news for May

A couple of weeks back, I hosted an online event called The Lost Tapes of the 27 Club. Its purpose

Everyone has heard about the legend of the 27 Club, the spooky coincidence of so many famous musicians dying at

It was on this day in 1965 that A Charlie Brown Christmas aired for the first time. Meanwhile, in music

Why have so many musicians–Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, et al–died at the age of

You can see why the legend of The 27 Club endures. Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and

Yes, it’s Monday, but in just a couple more days we’ll have put January behind us. Another four weeks and

February 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 27 Club

We’ve all heard about the “27 Club,” that group of rock stars and famous people who died at the same

Kurt Cobain. Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Amy Winehouse. They all died at the age of 27. Can science

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
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King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
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Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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