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Random music news for Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Wanna see exactly how creepy and invasive Facebook is? Take a look at this. Once you’ve regained your composure, take

Feeling groggy and weird? Blame turning the clocks back. It’s time we got rid of DST, period. Meanwhile, in the

All the guys in Metallica have their non-musical passions. James into guitars. Lars plays tennis and is into collecting art.

Kirk Hammett, Metallica’s lead guitarist since the dawn of time, is a world-class collector of horror and sci-fi movie memorabilia.

School’s out. Anyone want to bet on when we’ll see the first back to school commercials? I say three weeks.

Jaguars from the 1960s were horribly unreliable but indisputably gorgeous. The pinnacle of that era of design was the E-Type

Has anyone famous died yet this year? Read on to find out. You never know what you’ll find amongst the

There’s some kind of big Pokemon Go update today. Are people still into that? Here’s some music news… Prince’s best

Back on this day in 1991, the first version of Linux was released. That has nothing to do with music

On this date in 1992, Johnny Carson hosted his last Tonight Show after 30 years. Here’s an interesting list of

No, not that Kirk. Kirk Hammett of Metallica. From sister publication Geeks&Beats: If you find an iPhone with around 250

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