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Random music news for Wednesday, May 27, 2020

This might cheer you up: The Knight Rider theme performed on eight cellos by the same person. Now that you’re

It was a big day in space history on this date in 1970 when Apollo 13 made it back to

The reason you’re reading this is because on this day in 1991, the World Wide Web was open to the

Not being a gamer, this one escaped my attention. There’s a nice write-up about the game at Noisey. Meanwhile, here’s

Anyone else remember the time Lemmy from Motorhead appeared in a video game? Probably not, unless you had an Amiga

Rick Rubin is now an insanely successful (and rich) record producer who came from very humble beginnings: a dorm room

No more turkey. Please. Recording of the new Tool album is said to be going well. Yeah, I’ll believe it

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 […]
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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