Bots Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

This guy made a bot write a song in the style of AC/DC. It did not turn out well.

Sure, it’s possible to get a bot or an AI program to ape writing a song, but until scientists can

On this day in 1990. Tim Berners-Lee published a proposal for something he called the “world wide web.” Twenty-nine years

It’s become fashionable for governments to take a stand against ticket-buy-bots, secondary sellers, and scalpers. British Columbia is the latest

We’re all sick of Ticketmaster’s verification images, the little boxes that need to be clicked as part of the process

Concert ticket-buying bots are evil things. With their ability to hammer Ticketmaster’s systems thousands of times a second, there’s no

Are you frustrated by the concert ticket buying experience? You’re not alone. Let’s see if we can sort through it

Ajit Pai received a gun from the NRA last week in appreciation for his efforts to overturn Obama-era net neutrality

The latest round of concert ticket outrage came when Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour went on sale to

[This is the first of a series of articles I’m writing for Global News. The goal is to explain all

I’ve had some conversations with Alan Geland, the founder of Fair Ticket Solutions, a company based out of Vancouver that’s

Eagles fans in BC are not happy. Within seconds of going on sale–yes, seconds–all the tickets for the band’s May

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