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Random music news for Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Jeezus. These people are nuts. Ignore them and focus on music news for December 29, 2020, instead. That recorded voice

To start the weekend, here’s a puppy riding a rooster. Now let’s try some music news for December 11, 2020.

Can science please hurry up with research like this? The lockdown is not doing any favours to my waistline. Moving

It’s not been the best couple of weeks for Ticketmaster. First the anger over what fans called a change in

Days after announcing a way for music fans and sports enthusiasts to get refunded if an event is postponed and

It’s not just lawmakers in New York looking for answers from Ticketmaster this week. In addition to a state senator

Goliath blinked. All this week, concertgoers have been up in arms about Ticketmaster’s seeming change in policy, which sounded a

The live music industry is taking a beating with the coronavirus situation and there’s no way to tell when things

…Ed Sheeran. The man may look like a real-life Muppet, but damn, he’s got a lot of fans. And not

Back in 2010, Live Nation, the biggest concert promotion company in the world, bought Ticketmaster, the biggest seller of tickets

Remember this: no matter how much you hate your job, at least you’re not Sean Spicer. And now, some music

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, […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver