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Random Music News for Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. Morrissey was so outraged about the flippant way the news

The Slim Shady LP, released on February 23, 1999, went on to sell somewhere close to 20 million copies, turning

I love the concept of time capsules. Locking away artifacts of an age so that they may be discovered by

My feelings about cassettes are clear: they’re a hateful outdated technology that deserve to go the way of the 8-track.

Imagine this: you go to the mailbox one day to find an envelope containing and old-school cassette. The only information

At some point in the 1990s, this choking hazard seemed like a good idea.

Give a kid a cassette and a boombox and tell him/her to make it work. This might be the result.

Today I look at the cassette as a vile piece of outdated technology. But back in the day, it was

Back when I was still making mixtapes, I favored the 90 minute versions with 45 minutes per side. I could

With Record Store Day coming up on April 18, we’re starting to hear more about the special releases being readied

Happy MLK Day! Or is it “Merry MLK Day?” I get confused. Britney Spears’ ex was shot down and killed

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 […]
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 […]
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