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Random music news for Monday, April 26, 2021

Before we begin, please give it up for this rooster who gave it his all. Now go out there are

Who’s getting impeached for Christmas? I think I know whoooooo… On to music news for December 6, 2019. BAD TikTok.

Lots of hockey, baseball, and football this weekend. I may not leave the couch. Here’s music news for October 5,

[Contributor Cameron Allan takes a look at one of the quirkiest annual music festivals on the planet. – AC] Secret

Usually a killer lineup is enough to draw in festival crowds, but sometimes unique features can lend that extra edge.

If you’re going to be at Canadian Music Week and you see me, make sure you come up and say

There are maybe 320,000 people in all of Iceland but just about every single one of them seems to be

As we approach the winter solstice, the organizers of Secret Solstice, Iceland’s biggest music festival held at the opposite side

There’s a school of thought that says play-by-play announcers should remain neutral, even if they’re the home team’s official guy. Gudmundur

I’ve been drafted to play sl0w pitch this weekend. It will not be pretty. Here’s some music news. RIP Bernie

Iceland’s Thrihnuagigur volcano hasn’t so much as belched in about 4,000 years, but it’s not classified as extinct. It’s dormant, sleeping.

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
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