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Ongoing History of New Music Daily: Mispressed Records

I often get emails from people asking about mispressed CDs and records. Occasionally, there are mixups at the pressing plant

Look around your place. How many CDs do you have? How many of them still spark joy? How many have

I think the last time I bought a CD was in the UK about 18 months ago. I’d stumbled on

The sales of compact discs have been in a death spiral for almost twenty years and no amount of pulling

Even though I wrote the above headline, I still can’t quite believe it. But according to the Recording Industry Association

Item 1: Earlier this month, Samsung announced it was going to stop investing in new Blu-ray technology. While the company

Rewind to 1999. Vinyl is all but dead. Predictions are that this might be the last year to buy a

It’s fascinating to watch how quickly sales of physical music are cratering in the age of streaming. Looking at the

Today is the 50th anniversary of the start of the first-ever Special Olympics. It was held in Mexico City. As

Most record labels would just love it if CDs were to disappear tomorrow. No more manufacturing, transporting, warehousing and distributing.

In the days before streaming took off, big box retailers like Walmart, Target and Best Buy were hugely important for

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver
In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver