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Random music news for Friday, January 1, 2021

It’s over. The next couple of months will be rough, but things WILL get better this year. Meanwhile, distract yourself

Because it’s Christmas Eve, here’s a picture of Danzig wrapping presents. View this post on Instagram A post shared by

Let’s say goodbye to Donald Trump with some repurposed Sound of Music. Here’s a fine collection of ugly music-themed Christmas

This is probably the day of the year when productivity falls to the lowest of the year. Who’s gonna want

I swear I’m not a grinch, although I have been accused of being “that guy” who believes Christmas has been

Off to the NE Caribbean Outpost for the next week. But that doesn’t mean I won’t be delivering music news

The latest political correctness battle erupted earlier this month when a Cleveland radio station announced it would no longer play

What makes a Christmas song more “festive” than another? A site called MusicMagpie.com embarked on an analysis of Christmas classics

Today is the 100th anniversary of the great Halifax explosion, the biggest man-made explosion until the atomic bomb. And now,

Believe it or not, there’s music news even on Christmas Eve. And we have a winner in the annual hysteria

Michael Buble has sold over 10 million copies globally of his 2011 Christmas album. Mariah Carey has sold more than

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 […]
Mark Silver