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Is facial recognition coming to a show near you?

Going to a concert should be about the fun, not a scenario in which people are worried about their photo

The community of musicians is like any other. While most people are good, you will have your bad actors: musicians

Nickelback played Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday night. This is what greeted them. The warning came with this. And since

The community of musicians is like any other. While most people are good, you will have your bad actors: musicians

The criminal justice system is a very weird ecosystem, especially in the United States. Slate looks at how prosecutors are

I spend a couple of hours in Narita Airport long enough yesterday to hear the news about how two members

Ian Watkins is supposed to spend the next 35 years in jail for 13 different child porn offences, including attempted

It seemed like a normal night at LaPita’s Restaurant in Annapolis, Maryland–until there were some objections over the music being

Something seemed wrong with Pearl Jam’s accounts. Over the course of about four years, $380,000 had gone missing. Cash flow

Ian Watkins, the sicko singer of Lostprophets, was sentenced to 35 years in jail Wednesday for a series of hideous

Ian Watkins, the former singer for the Welsh band Lostprophets, is going to jail for a long time. Probably not

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