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Random music news for Wednesday, March 31, 2021

This is good news. Could warp engine nacelles be far behind? Off to examine music news for March 31, 2021.

Drunk pigs result in better bacon? Uh, okay. Off to look at music news for July 23, 2020. Coronavirus update

Jeebus, it’s the last week before Labour Day. Everyone who still has summer vacation time is probably gone this week.

Note: This week’s podcast was recorded at 10 in the morning as opposed to our more civilized time of 7pm. That

Artist: Editors, “Belong” Album: Violence The new album is really good Sounds like: The most intriguing track on the album

Fifty-five years ago today, country star Patsy Cline died in a plane crash. As for stuff making music news for March

Corus Entertainment is having its first-ever bring-your-dog-to-work day. Schmooze, one of the English bull terriers in my house, is taking

On this day in 1929, Popeye the Sailor Man made his debut. And now in music news… Jack White’s Third

Best-known for his career as the founding member of new wave band Talking Heads, David Byrne also enjoys other creative

A small but growing number of notable musicians are calling out YouTube for failing to pay artists for plays on

On this day in 1942, Disney released Bambi to theatres. Kids have been traumatized ever since. Moving on to music

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