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Random Music News for Tuesday, July 11, 2017

To Kill a Mockingbird was first published on this date in 1960. And with that, here’s the music news for

David Bowie would have been 70 yesterday. To mark the anniversary of his death a new four-track EP was released

David Bowie has been gone since January 10 but he’s still managing to surprise his fans thanks to the carefully

David Bowie knew he was dying when Blackstar was released on January 8. Hidden within the artwork is a secret

“I Can’t Give Everything Away” is the third single from David Bowie’s Blackstar album. The accompanying video was created by

Just as fans are coming to grips that Bowie is gone comes word that he wasn’t quite done with us.

No artist has ever so carefully stage-managed a death as well as we saw with David Bowie and his Blackstar

Tallying album sales in real time can be a tough thing, especially when you’re not sure if all the data

Believe it or not, none of David Bowie’s albums reached the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 chart in America.

Because there are so few vinyl pressing plants online, the backlog of orders keeps growing and growing. That means if

David Bowie’s 26th album, Blackstar, is set to come out tomorrow on Bowie’s 69th birthday. Here’s the video for “Lazarus,”

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