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Random music news for Tuesday, January 26, 2021

What kind of digital hoarder are you? I’d like to think I’m a Collector, but I fear I may be

What do you do when it’s the end of the worst year in our collective memory and you can’t go

Valentine’s Day. Yuck. Sorry. I’ll focus on music news for February 14, 2019 instead. Ozzy is officially out of the

My first-ever purchase of CBD pills arrived in the mail. Let’s see if these things help me sleep. Meanwhile, here’s

Snow tires. Gotta start about thinking of putting them on. We also need to think of music news for October

McAfee, one of the big anti-virus software companies, is worried about Canadian musicians. AScared, actually. While observing the malware bouncing

It’s new iPhone day. The reality distortion field has been switched on in an effort to reduce sticker shock. And

Oh, Internet. You can be so wonderfully looney, especially when it comes to propagating weird rumours and theories. You want

Everyone is getting into the artificial intelligence game. Facebook doesn’t want to be left behind so they’re working on an

Dear 2016: Please stop taking all our favourite musicians and producers away from us. Thank you. And now, the music

On this day in 1984, Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space. And now, in music news… Glastonbury tickets

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
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