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This US Supreme Court decision on lifetime gun bans means you’d better not have sold bootleg cassettes

On Monday (April 19), the US Supreme Court refused to hear appeals on a federal law that would see a

Back in February, Lou Ottens died at the age of 94. If you’ve ever made an old-school mixtape, you owe

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] People of a certain vintage couldn’t help feel a twinge of sad

This gives new meaning to the term “dirty money.” We’re number one! We’re number one! CA-NA-DA! Yay. And ew. Moving

We are very, very deep into the digital era when it comes to music. Virtually every song we could ever

The recorded music industry has gone through a ton of changes in its 100+-year history. This visualization illustrates some of

Got a nutty friend who believes in QAnon? Better read this. Once you absorb that, move on to music news

In case you missed it, the corona virus now has an official name: Covid-19. While you ponder that, here’s music

I didn’t mention this yesterday because we didn’t need any more depressing news. January 20 was “blue Monday,” allegedly the

Leonardo DiCaprio turns 45 today. He still looks, like, 17. Moving on to music news for November 11, 2019… If

Canadian Thanksgiving. I get that. But why is Columbus Day still a thing? Think about that while you browse through

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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