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Did the KGB use punk rock to try to destabilize the West? Let’s look at this conspiracy theory.

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Soft power — the use of culture to influence the other

Anyone who says that Ringo Starr isn’t a very good/inventive drummer should be dismissed immediately. Such a critic obviously doesn’t

Got my first vaccine shot yesterday. Do your work, Bill Gates nanobots! You know where I am. Moving to music

There are several Holy Grails when it comes to record collecting. The recording Elvis Presley made at Sun Records for

Confused about which vaccine is best? So is everyone. Now let’s try some music news for April 6, 2021. Is

Someone has to compose the beeps, boops, and all the other sounds a computer makes. This is the story of

In the old days of physical media, it was very common for albums to be mixed in such a way

SpaceX Starship go BOOM! Now some not-quite-as-explosive music news for March 5, 2021. Ian Brown of the Stone Roses is

Did this kind of comet kill off the dinosaurs? And did you know that this is happening in music news

Will there be a running of the bulls this year? It’s unclear. On to music news for February 4, 2021.

OpenAI Jukebox likes to program their SkyNet-like creations to mimic human creativity. Their latest project involved getting their machine to

Pricing a 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