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Random music news for Thursday, January 16, 2020

It was eleven years ago today that Sully Sullivan landed that airliner in the Hudson River. Moving to music news

Las Vegas is always looking for ways to part people from their money, especially those who (temporarily) beat the house.

Is it just me or are you getting more spam calls on your mobile phone and/or land line? I’m averaging

It was 50 years ago today that Apollo 12 landed on the moon. Then we have music news for November

January is half over. That’s the kind of thing I’m holding onto right about now. The average Spotify users pays

And how was our first weekend with legal weed? In any shape to look at music news for October 22,

Still no societal collapse in Canada following the legalization of weed. You know, if we do this right, we can

On October 1, 2017, not long into Jason Aldean’s nighttime set at the Route 91 Music Festival in Las Vegas,

I spent the weekend at the Life is Beautiful music festival in downtown Las Vegas (i.e. not the modern Strip

Imagine this: An eco- and socially-conscious entrepreneur based in Las Vegas helps build an online shoe-selling company which is then

I’m supposed to be on vacation this week, so apologies if there are fewer posts than usual. Back to normal

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