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Random music news for Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Can you give your cat COVID? Apparently so. Careful with kitty, okay? On to music news for April 27, 2021.

Given that Canada had a day off in the middle of the week, this is not going to be a

You may have heard the story about a hitherto unknown rapper named Lil Nas X and his song “Old Town

Something happened in astronomy on this day in 1967 that eventually resulted in one of the most famous album covers

It was on this day in October 1970 when Pierre Trudeau enacted the War Measures Act. It was a scary

[NASHVILLE -] I had no bloody business being here. None. But somehow I ended up on the red carpet at the

Happy Thanksgiving to all! (Yes, America, we do things differently up here.) And now the music news for October 9.

If you’ve listened to any American talk radio over the last week, you’ll have noticed that some are treating the

Canada’s CMT is officially out of the music video business for the same reasons MTV and MuchMusic moved away from

If you look at the most-streamed songs on any given week, the charts are dominated–and I mean DOMINATED–but tracks from

By now, you may have heard about the shitstorm emanating from comments made by radio consultant Keith Hill on his

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
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