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U2’s The Joshua Tree gets written up by the Library of Congress

Every year, the Library of Congress designates a number of recordings as having important historical significance. In 2013, The Joshua

According to Michael (he’s plugged into these things), U2 will NOT play any Joshua Tree songs on the upcoming Songs

Captain Kirk turns 87 today. Happy birthday, William Shatner. One online meme says that since Donald Trump loves appointing TV

Sequencing an album is hard. You want to make sure that the first song ropes in the listener enough to

U2 is one of those bands that fans may only like one particular album in their career or a particular

Tim Newell was in Chicago back on June 4th for U2’s Joshua Tree 30 tour and decided to shoot the

This is officially World Sauntering Day. Get up and go take a leisurely walk. Go on. Do it after you

If you have a copy of The Joshua Tree, you’ll know that the song “One Tree Hill” was inspired by

If it seems like we’ve been talking about this box set forever–When did we first hear about it? Last fall?–the

Now we know why flamingos stand on one leg. Glad that’s been sorted. Where do things stand with music news for

As a way to buy time before the next album, U2 is on the road doing something they’ve never done

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 […]
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 […]
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