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Random music news for Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Sad news. The “double Rainbow guy” has died of COVID-19. In other news, here’s what’s happening in music for May

On this day in 1972, Atari released Pong. It became the first successful commercial video game. As for music news

As part of a Q&A session at the end of a class on music history I taught at Humber College

Happy birthday, Eugenie Bouchard! You’re 20! The tao and wisdom of Kurt Cobain. Apparently we’re going to get some unreleased

Yes, Napster is still around but in a very legitimate and legal form. So much so that the company has

Just making sure you don’t get left behind. A Kurt-Cobain-was-murdered conspiracist has sued the Seattle police department. Dave Grohl and

Sarah shows up twice in Audi’s “Doberhuahua” spot. Hey, I laughed. http://youtu.be/zl0zw1YVZd4 More Super Bowl commercials here and here.

I’m due for a new car in about two years. I can’t wait to see what gizmos will be commonplace

As many people have being predicting (ahem, including me) the next big tech battleground will be in car dashboards. The

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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